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Sr. Manufacturing Engineer

Coherent · Saxonburg, PA

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Level
Senior
Team
Manufacturing
Degree
Required (or equivalent experience)
Experience asked
10+ years
Industry
Industrial
Posted
4 days ago

The role in 30 seconds

A senior manufacturing role at Coherent (industrial) in Saxonburg, PA. Accountability – Own the Process and the Outcome.

They ask for
10+ years · degree required (or equivalent experience)
Tools it names
Root cause, Validation (IQ/OQ/PQ), Machining, Assembly lines, Tooling, EHS / safety

Read from the posting. The full description is below.

From the plant jobs report · week of November 2, 2026

Manufacturing Engineer roles in Pennsylvania: typical posted base $79k–$120k.

Median of the low and high ends of 24 live postings that list pay, out of 60 manufacturing engineer openings in Pennsylvania, read from manufacturers' own careers sites.

Pennsylvania plant jobs report →Pay by team and state →What moves pay →

How this role compares

Against 59 other live manufacturing postings in Pennsylvania.

Base pay
Not listed in this posting

Typical $79k–$120k, from 24 postings that list pay.

Experience asked
More than usual (10+ vs 5+)

Similar roles usually ask 5+ years.

Skills these teams ask for most

  • Lean 57%
  • ✓ Tooling 50%
  • ✓ Root cause 38%
  • Six Sigma 32%
  • Automation 32%
  • ✓ New product launch 27%

✓ = this posting asks for it too. % = share of similar postings that mention it.

Stands out: this posting asks for Assembly lines, which few similar roles mention. If you have it, lead with it.

It asks for 10+ years. If you're close, apply anyway: requirements are a wish list. Talk to someone doing this work there first.

At a glance

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This plant: Coherent in Saxonburg

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Responsibilities

  • ◆Responsible for manufacturing engineering support, process development, production readiness, pilot build execution, and scale-up planning for advanced thermal management products.
  • ◆Lead and support manufacturing activities for semiconductor packaging hardware, liquid cold plates, thermal spreaders, advanced ceramic/diamond materials, embedded cooling structures, and related thermal assemblies.
  • ◆Develop manufacturing process flows, routings, work instructions, inspection plans, tooling requirements, and process control methods.
  • ◆Support transition of development processes into controlled manufacturing processes.
  • ◆Work with engineering and operations to identify manufacturability risks, process gaps, yield issues, cost drivers, and capacity constraints.
  • ◆Support pilot builds, customer qualification builds, and early production builds.
  • ◆Coordinate with internal teams, suppliers, and external processing partners on machining, polishing, metallization, bonding, joining, cleaning, inspection, testing, and final assembly.
  • ◆Support make-vs-buy analysis and supplier readiness for critical manufacturing steps.
  • ◆Drive yield improvement, cycle-time reduction, cost reduction, and process repeatability.
  • ◆Support root cause analysis and corrective actions for manufacturing defects, process variation, supplier issues, and customer build issues.
  • ◆Partner with quality and reliability teams to ensure manufacturing processes support customer qualification and product requirements.
  • ◆Support capital planning, equipment selection, process validation, and manufacturing readiness reviews.

Education & Experience

  • ✓Minimum 7–10 years of experience in manufacturing engineering, process engineering, NPI, advanced materials manufacturing, precision components, semiconductor hardware, electronics cooling, ceramics, liquid cooling, or related technical fields.
  • ✓BS/MS in Mechanical Engineering, Manufacturing Engineering, Materials Science, Industrial Engineering, Chemical Engineering, Ceramic Engineering, or equivalent technical degree.
  • ✓Experience supporting new product introduction, pilot production, process development, supplier readiness, and production scale-up.
  • ✓Experience with precision machining, grinding/lapping, polishing, metallization, bonding, joining, cleaning, inspection, leak testing, pressure testing, or thermal assemblies is preferred.
  • ✓Experience with semiconductor, advanced packaging, electronics cooling, liquid cold plates, ceramics, diamond materials, or high-reliability engineered products is preferred.

Requirements

  • ✓Ability to work in office, laboratory, and manufacturing environments.
  • ✓Ability to sit, stand, walk, and use standard office and computer equipment.
  • ✓May occasionally access production areas, laboratories, test equipment, and reliability test setups.

Safety

Requirements

All employees are required to follow the site EHS procedures and Coherent Corp. Corporate EHS standards.

Quality and Environmental

Responsibilities

Depending on location, this position may be responsible for the execution and maintenance of the ISO 9000, 9001, 14001 and/or other applicable standards that may apply to the relevant roles and

responsibilities

within the Quality Management System and Environmental Management System.

Culture Commitment

Ensure adherence to company’s values (ICARE) in all aspects of your position at Coherent Corp.:

Integrity – Create an Environment of Trust

Collaboration – Innovate Through the Sharing of Ideas

Accountability – Own the Process and the Outcome

Respect – Recognize the Value in Everyone

Enthusiasm – Find a Sense of Purpose in Work

Coherent is a global leader in lasers, engineered materials and networking components. We are a vertically integrated manufacturing company that develops innovative products for diversified applications in the industrial

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The Senior Manufacturing Engineer — Advanced Thermal Management will support the transition of Coherent’s advanced thermal management products from development into repeatable, customer-ready manufacturing.

This role will support semiconductor packaging hardware, liquid cold plates, thermal spreaders, advanced ceramic/diamond materials, embedded cooling structures, and related thermal assemblies. The position will work across engineering, manufacturing, quality, operations, supply chain, product management, and customer-facing teams to define manufacturing processes, improve manufacturability, support pilot builds, and prepare products for scale-up.

Skills

  • •Technical capability to define reliability test plans, identify failure mechanisms, and support qualification of new product platforms.
  • •Strong interpersonal, teaming, and problem-solving skills.
  • •Work effectively with other members of Coherent Corp. across R&D, engineering, manufacturing, quality, operations, product management, applications engineering, supply chain, and commercial teams.
  • •Strong technical judgment in reliability testing, materials behavior, thermal-mechanical stress, liquid cooling assemblies, and package-level qualification.
  • •Ability to research standards, assess customer requirements, and create practical qualification plans for new technologies.
  • •Ability to communicate technical findings clearly to internal teams, customers, suppliers, and external test labs.

Working Conditions

  • •Office, laboratory, and manufacturing environments.
  • •Travel may be required to Coherent sites, suppliers, external labs, and customer locations.

Physical

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