About the job
Thorlabs, Inc. designs and manufactures photonics solutions used in research and technology worldwide. With over 3,000 employees, the company supports a collaborative culture where technical skills and new ideas are valued. The Newton, New Jersey location seeks an Engineering Technician I for product development in high-tech areas such as Precision Optics and Specialty Fiber Optics.
Role Overview
The Engineering Technician I supports product development, maintenance, and quality assurance activities. Working closely with experienced engineers, this role involves hands-on tasks and technical documentation for a range of photonics products. Occasional travel to other Thorlabs sites or customer/vendor locations may be required.
What You Will Do
- Learn about thin film coatings, lenses, fiber optics, polarization optics, prisms, gratings, opto-mechanics, collimators, isolators, spectroscopy accessories, and microscopy sub-assemblies.
- Create solid models and technical drawings, generate controlled documents, and enter data based on design proposals.
- Prepare technical documentation, including qualification and acceptance test procedures, reports, and maintenance manuals.
- Coordinate between engineering and manufacturing to address issues or suggest improvements.
- Communicate with vendors and purchasers regarding supplied components, services, and equipment.
- Track and manage project changes and issues.
- Assist with lab testing, manufacturing, quality assurance, and planning tasks as needed.
- Update supervisors on work status, challenges, and progress.
- Support product development through market analysis, application research, customer requests, manufacturing capabilities, cost, capacity, and sales projections.
- Help ensure product manufacturability, repeatability, and availability.
- Assist engineers and production teams with testing and data collection.
- Make drawing and documentation updates as assigned.
- Work with production staff to resolve manufacturing and design issues and suggest cost-saving measures.
Location
This position is based in Newton, New Jersey.

