Sr. Manufacturing Engineer
Coherent · Saxonburg, PA
- 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
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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.
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How this role compares
Against 59 other live manufacturing postings in Pennsylvania.
- Base pay
- Not listed in this posting
- Experience asked
- More than usual (10+ vs 5+)
Typical $79k–$120k, from 24 postings that list pay.
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.
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Questions worth asking about this team:
- What does a normal week look like on your team?
- Is the work mostly new product launches or sustaining existing lines?
- How much time do you spend on the floor versus at a desk?
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This plant: Coherent in Saxonburg
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Full description from CoherentAs posted on their careers site.ShowHide
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.
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