Principal Machine Learning Engineer – Wafer Fabrication

Primary Duties & Responsibilities

• Develop and validate models for yield improvement screening accuracy and process optimization through application of model selection and hyperparameter tuning.
• Collaborate with Photonics designers and process reliability and manufacturing engineers to align ML approaches with product objectives and to quantify cost-benefit analysis.
• Deploy AI/ML within manufacturing systems through a combination of Edge AI API serving Containerization and Cloud-based training and inference
• Partner with industrial and MES software engineers to integrate AI/ML pipelines within existing production workflows
• Develop reusable data pipelines analytical tools dashboards and model-monitoring methods.
• Support design of experiments process characterization and continuous improvement activities.
• Help establish best practices for ML andshare the practices across the site and other sites.

Skills

The Candidate will have competency in the following areas:

• Expertise in deep learning frameworks such as Pytorch TensorFlow
• Expertise deep learning architectures such as CNNs RNNs GANs
• Expertise in ML methods such as Random Forests and Gradient Boosting
• Experience with clustering feature engineering and dimensionality reduction methods
• Proficiency in ML model deployment through RESTful APIs containerization and container orchestration
• Experience with SQL and modern data-processing or data-platform technologies.
• Familiarity with statistical methods experimental design regression classification clustering anomaly detection and model evaluation
• Programming skills in Python and experience with common data-science and machine-learning libraries is a plus
• Familiarity with high-performance ML inference (CUDA Libtorch ONNX Runtime C programming and data structures) is a strong plus
• Experience with cloud-based ML training and inference using AWS GCP Azure or Databrix is a plus
• Familiarity with machine vision such as defect detection and OCR is a plus
• Familiarity with big data frameworks such as Hadoop and Spark is a plus
• Exposure to manufacturing wafer fabrication photonics telecommunications is a plus
• Demonstrated ability to take an analysis from problem definition through deployment validation and communication of results.

Education & Experience

• The Candidate will have minimum 5 years of experience with AI preferably including ML preferably with experience in statistical analytic techniques and 3 years experience in a production environment.

• A Bachelors degree in Electrical Engineering Computer Science Physics or related field with specialization in Data Science AI/ML or Statistics; a Masters degree is preferred.

Working Conditions

The job is on-site for the first three months with the possibility to convert to hybrid afterwards. The job requires weekly morning hours and occasional evening and weekend hours. Travel to other Coherent sites in the Bay Area and the US may be possible to share knowledge with other experts.

Physical Requirements

• Sitting or standing for several hours per day with the option of having a sit-stand desk.
• Extensive keyboard and mouse work.

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 and/or other applicable standards that may apply to the relevant roles and responsibilities within the Quality Management System and Environmental Management System.

CultureCommitment

Ensure adherence to companys 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 Corp. is an equal opportunity/affirmative action employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to sex gender identity sexual orientation race color religion national origin disability protected Veteran status age or any other characteristic protected by law.