Among the presenters are Raydiance’s Dr. David Gaudiosi, who will present an Invited Paper, “Ultrafast Lasers in Industrial Solutions.” The paper will highlight how precision processing of a variety of materials, ranging from metals to dielectrics, has been demonstrated with a high degree of reliability and repeatability at industrially feasible processing speeds.

Chief Scientist Dr. Michael Mielke will present a Contributed Paper, “100 μJ, 20 W Femtosecond Fiber Laser for Precision Industrial Micro-Machining.” This paper will discuss how femtosecond fiber laser systems optimized for high value applications in precision industrial micro-machining are delivering unprecedented system performance and reliability to enable new manufacturing capabilities for touch screen displays and other difficult-to-machine parts.

Dr. Mielke will also preside at the Advanced Sensing and Metrology Session (ATh4K), and will be an executive speaker at the VIP Industry Leaders Networking Event.

About Raydiance
Raydiance develops and produces precision manufacturing solutions enabled by femtosecond laser technology. Raydiance solutions feature ready-to-integrate hardware and software packages that address complex manufacturing challenges, delivering dramatic value-improved products and lower manufacturing costs—to customers in the medical, industrial and consumer markets.

About CLEO
Sponsored by the American Physical Society’s (APS) Laser Science Division, the IEEE Photonics Society and the Optical Society (OSA), CLEO provides the full range of critical developments in the field, showcasing the most significant milestones from laboratory to marketplace. With an unparalleled breadth and depth of coverage, CLEO connects all of the critical vertical markets in lasers and electro-optics. For more information, visit the conference’s website at www.cleoconference.org. CLEO: 2013 takes place June 9 – 14 at the San Jose Convention Center.

This Senior Engineer will be expected to be hands-on, and work mostly independently to drive system level software design from concept through to final test. The Software engineer will work collaboratively in managing project schedules, and will coordinate closely with the work of engineers in related disciplines. The successful engineer will develop a complete, functional and stable Windows-based software motion control system solution. This engineer will have the technical expertise, and communication skills necessary to help Raydiance create and maintain compelling software tools and solutions.

Responsibilities

• Design and development of control system software architecture.
• Drive the management of software development, documentation, and release cycle of the complete software solution.
• Accurately estimate work schedules and development/testing time requirements and independently manage schedules.
• Oversee the software QA.
• Support of external customer application software requirements.
• Collaborate with internal R&D, manufacturing, and application engineering to integrate software solution into the functional workstation.
• Ability to deliver similar version tools to multiple customers.
• Ability to assimilate tools with integrator/partners.

Qualifications

• Minimum BS in Computer Science/ Engineering, or Electrical Engineering.
• 10+ years of relevant software engineering experience.
• Background in an instrumentation/motion control manufacturing environment (laser industry experience a plus).
• 5+ years technical/project leadership experience.
• Available for occasional travel to vendors, and customers.
• Proficient in C#, Visual Basic, .NET.
• Excellent customer relations and interpersonal skill.
• Demonstrated ability to manage multiple programs/projects and associated resources.

Essential Responsibilities
The Senior Optical Engineer is responsible for systems requirements, component specifications, and design and test activities working within a small interdisciplinary R&D team designing and testing fiber-based infrared laser systems. Responsibilities include:

• Specify, design, and test free space and fiber optic components and subsystems for pulse amplification, compression, and beam delivery.
• Geometrical optics layout and Gaussian beam propagation analysis.
• Resolve alignment, assembly, and metrology challenges on the production line.
• Interface with electrical, mechanical, laser, software, and application engineers to solve interdisciplinary problems.
• Documentation of optical design, modeling, and component specification.
• Assembly and characterization of prototype laser systems.

Qualifications
Minimum MS degree and 10+ years of experience in optical design, assembly, and testing. Experience required in all aspects of product life cycle from the exploratory stage through high volume production.

Leadership Skills
This person will work closely with engineers, laboratory technicians, and support staff in R&D and manufacturing to facilitate R&D changes into production and investigate problems that may occur in production or in the field. Innovative problem solving, collaborative learning, and educating teammates about potential optical solutions are key elements of success in the job.

Management Skills
This person needs to be able to manage a technical project from concept through manufacturing release. This means influencing and at times coordinating the work of other engineers, technologists, and technicians to deliver reliably functioning solutions in a cost effective and timely manner.

Functional Mastery
Most of the following skills are required for this position. Some of the skills can be acquired on the job as well.

• Knowledge of optical and optoelectronic components such as relay and beam expansion optics, interference filters, fiber optic couplers, diffractive elements, lasers, and detectors.
• Lens design, aberration analysis, system layout, and tolerancing using Code V, ZEMAX, or OSLO.
• Free space optical component testing using instrumentation such as the autocollimator, Fizeau and Mirau interferometers, point source microscope, and scanning spectrophotometer.
• Interference coating design and analysis using TFCalc or FilmStar.
• Fiber optic component testing using light wave test equipment such as the optical spectrum analyzer, wavemeter, and autocorrelator.
• Hands-on experience with fusion splicing, high precision optical assembly processes, and related materials.
• Hands-on experience in free-space optical alignment of laser systems and beam delivery subsystems.

Physical and Environmental Conditions

• Duties may involve working with laser light, fiber and other potentially hazardous materials.
• Employees must wear protective goggles, or glasses when in the proximity of an energized laser.
• Employee must wear masks as defined by the specific rules within the work area.
• Ability to operate equipment as defined by job.
• Lifting, bending, and other physical requirements typical of experimental work in an optics laboratory environment will be required (under 50 pounds).

General Expectations
The candidate will enable the manufacturing team to meet production schedules and will support continuous improvement activity to achieve higher yields, shorter cycle time and better quality. Must understand MRP (Manufacturing Resource Planning) and help maintain high level inventory accuracy. Extreme discipline around change control and safety are necessary elements of the day to day role. Efficiency in day to day activity is essential.

The candidate must be highly collaborative with essential skills including:

• Mastery of assembly processes involving bulk optics and fiber optics, PCBAs, electro-optic components, telecom modules and mechanical components.
• Testing and operation of electro-optic components (preferably telecom) and systems.
• Computer Literacy and proficiency in Micro-Soft Office Suite.
• Must have excellent written and verbal communication skills and be adept at documentation.
• Expertise with relevant electronic testing equipment (OSA, DSA, etc.).
• Experience with database software and testing automation.
• Excellent skills at work flow and procedure creation.
• General technical problem solving.
• Adept at maintaining quality standards while improving efficiency.
• Ability to cross-train in a multi-disciplinary technical group.
• Ability to complete assigned tasks with limited supervision.

Qualifications

• High School diploma with Associate’s Degree in related field preferred.
• 5+ years manufacturing experience in one or more of the following fields: electronics, semiconductor, opto-electronics, opto-mechanical industry.
• Minimum 2 years working in an ISO 9000 or equivalent environment.
• Laser manufacturing experience highly desired.

Physical and Environmental Conditions

• Duties may involve working with laser light, fiber and other potentially hazardous materials.
• Employees must wear protective goggles, or safety glasses when in the proximity of an energized laser.
• Employee must wear masks as defined by the specific rules within the work area.
• Occasional lifting, carrying, and moving objects may be required (under 50 lbs.).

Dr. Mielke will present a paper titled “High energy, monolithic fiber femtosecond lasers,” a breakthrough technology that doubles the energy and power from industrial fiber femtosecond laser architecture to enable the next wave of faster precision micromachining solutions.

Qualified candidates may work from a home office or at the Raydiance headquarters in Petaluma CA. Please state your preferences when you apply.

Key Responsibilities

• Installation, maintenance, troubleshooting of femtosecond lasers, scanners and micromachining systems.
• Work with customers in the field, on the telephone and in-house.
• Expertise in customer service, customer service systems and tools, and face to face customer interaction is required.
• Interface with electrical, mechanical, laser, software and applications engineers to solve interdisciplinary problems.
• Specifically, a candidate will have at least 3-5 years experience with laser systems and or optical systems. One needs a working knowledge in optical technology, electrical engineering, and mechanical engineering.

Qualifications

• Minimum B.S. degree in a scientific or a related field and/or 3-5 years of experience in the laser industry in the manufacturing and/or service area.
• 2 years minimum customer facing experience. Good organizational, communication, and writing skills.

Good general knowledge of some programming such as spreadsheets and text documents.

Leadership Skills

The candidate must have excellent customer service skills, be adept at managing expectations, and be very results focused. Constructive cross disciplinary engagement with Applications, Sales and Marketing is essential. The candidate will provide feedback and work closely with applications, engineering and manufacturing to ensure a successful product experience and continuous improvement.

Management Skills

The Field Service Engineer must have the ability to provide timely support to customers. Additionally, concise instructions for pre-installation, training of the laser operation and limited troubleshooting via on-site visits, e-mail and telephone support will be required. The ability to manage timelines, planning and scheduling of travel and expenses is a must.

Functional Mastery
The following skill set is required, though one or more skills may be developed on-the-job.

• Knowledge of femtosecond laser system theory and operation.
• Good hands on mechanical skills to include optical alignment, soldering, test equipment operation and analysis of data logs.
• Fiber optic component and system testing using light wave test equipment such as optical spectrum analyzers, wave meters, power/energy meters and autocorrelators.
• Good organizational, communication, and writing skills.

Ability to work on projects with limited supervision.

• Ability to travel to locations in worldwide, especially Asia, Europe and the USA.
• Systemic improvement skills.
• Requires > 50% travel time.

Other Desired Skills

• Ability to communicate in a Chinese, Japanese, Korean, German or Italian is valued.

US Citizenship or Permanent Resident required due to government contracts.

“The demand for smaller, smarter devices continues to grow,” said Jay Chong, investment director at Samsung Ventures. “Raydiance solutions have the potential to significantly improve existing manufacturing processes and to enable exciting new products. We are investing in Raydiance to ensure that these solutions are available for a variety of high volume manufacturing applications.”

“Raydiance offers innovative, disruptive capabilities for manufacturing precise geometries in any material made possible by our femtosecond laser light source,” said Raydiance president and CEO Dick Pierce. “The precision and economics possible with Raydiance solutions continue to grab market attention. We’re discovering new possibilities every day.”

Raydiance has integrated photonic, computing and software technologies to create the world’s only commercial-grade ultrafast laser solutions. The company’s breakthrough technology brings intelligent control, commercial grade availability and small form factor to ultrafast laser light. Raydiance bundles lasers in ready-to-integrate solutions – validated, factory-proven tools that save valuable time and money. Raydiance solutions are in production today in the medical, industrial and consumer markets.

Samsung’s co-investors for this financing include existing Raydiance investors Draper Fisher Jurvetson, DFJ-Growth and Greenstreet Partners.

About Raydiance, Inc.
Raydiance develops and produces precision manufacturing solutions enabled by femtosecond laser technology. Our solutions feature ready-to-integrate hardware and software packages that address complex manufacturing challenges. It is our commitment to deliver value—improved products and lower manufacturing costs—to customers in the medical, industrial and consumer markets.