Sr. Principal Laser Engineer

About the role

NovelCath, a Cirtec company, specializes in the design and development of complex, minimally invasive, interventional medical technologies. We have delivered first-of-a-kind medical devices for the Interventional Cardiology, Structural Heart, Electrophysiology and Neuromodulation markets. For over three decades, Cirtec Medical has been a leading outsourcing partner for complex medical devices. We specialize in providing comprehensive solutions for Class II and III devices, from design and development to precision components and finished device assembly. Our expertise spans neuromodulation, implantable drug delivery, cardiac rhythm management, structural heart, mechanical circulatory support, and minimally invasive surgical systems. Our dedicated teams prioritize growth, innovation, and collaboration. We actively seek opportunities for improvement to enhance our support for clients. If you embrace a growth mindset and thrive on challenges, you may be a perfect fit for our team!

The Sr. Principal Laser Engineer (PLE) is responsible for defining, designing, and developing laser welding, cutting, ablation and marking equipment and processes using lasers within the Cirtec Medical portfolio. The Sr. PLE owns efforts in developing solutions to product design, and design for manufacturability, translating requirements from the customer into realized processes and products. They will manage multiple projects while exceeding customer commitments. Lead the design efforts for programs, independently, acting as a technical lead and mentor to other engineers on these programs. This position is responsible for providing hands-on training for process development and manufacturing methods to the Laser team, develop process for each production job, set up, and monitor production. Additionally, this role will be hands-on in all areas of developing programs, tooling, fixtures, and parameters for production and provide training to ensure production meets Cirtec’s quality and efficiency specifications.

Responsibilities

• Lead the development team, laser team.
• Develop innovative laser solutions, investigate, and analyze new processes.
• Develop, log, and maintain process recipes for laser applications.
• Support engineering development activities, sales support, and customer applications.
• Creative design, development, and testing of laser prototypes, modules and systems including optical layouts, components, and equipment for advanced manufacturing methods.
• Coordinate the installation and final acceptance of the laser system.
• Lead a team of Associate Engineers and Technicians as well as conduct independent research and development in the field of new laser material processing technologies.
• Generate and demonstrate new ideas and approaches in laser processing space and develop them into commercial processes and applications.
• Lead specific customer‑oriented projects, resulting in new next‑generation abilities.
• Conduct numerical analysis of laser technologies; visualize, interpret, and explain the results; communicate the conclusions to the rest of the team; develop experimental methods to verify theoretical results.
• Promote and develop laser processes within the Cirtec portfolio.
• Set up production parameters and ensure they are documented and maintained.
• Develop characterizations, IQ’s, OQ’s, PQs, and validations.
• Develop/execute automated laser processing capabilities.
• Provide troubleshooting for laser processes and equipment.
• Provide process training to improve quality, throughput, and safety.
• Provide laser samples when appropriate to support sales efforts.
• Aid in development of laser quotations and manufacturing procedures.
• Interface with Quality to develop inspection procedures to verify acceptability of components.
• Maintain and promote laser and team safety.
• Research and recommend capital equipment for the yearly budget.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in a STEM engineering discipline.
• 15 years of experience in an engineering environment with mechanical, tool design, and manufacturing processes (medical device preferred).
• Must maintain high ethical standards.
• Must demonstrate good organizational skills.
• Technical report preparation and good small‑group presentation skills.
• Must be able to read, write, and speak fluent English.

Skills

• Expert experience with SolidWorks, CAD/CAM, CNC, and G‑code programming.
• Familiarity with modern statistical methods.
• Strong