Join a world-class team in solving our customers’ toughest challenges as our Project Manager for Custom Systems.  This exciting role will provide an opportunity to solve problems across several industries, including aerospace & defense, cosmetics & sun protection, lighting, automotive & transportation, image sensors, medical & life science, consumer electronics, telecom, and industrial photonics.     

This person will oversee the planning, design, and development of our custom product portfolio. In this role, you will manage project workflow management within engineering including system design, review and release to manufacturing, and product performance and validation testing for unique optical systems. Projects typically involve a combination of optical, mechanical, electrical, and thermal design.

The Project Manager will be expected to coordinate the project through the development life cycle and work with other Engineering and Project Managers to define priorities, assign tasks, and work with production personnel to meet the performance specifications of the project deliverable while having direct responsibility for the project estimations. Beyond project management, you will also be the lead personnel refining processes, effective implementation and coordination with the planning and manufacturing team.

To succeed, the candidate must be a hands-on person and act as a driver to motivate and steer the team to achieve the project goals of the group while satisfying customer requirements. You should be organized, self-motivated, and eager to learn about and develop new technology. The candidate will need to manage multiple projects/tasks and work within a cross-functional team environment to provide creative and innovative solutions to solve challenging problems.

Key Responsibilities:

• Manage all project activities and workflows including scheduling/resourcing, planning, design reviews, interdepartmental liaising, project reporting, and risk management.
• Assist in defining project scope with relevant stakeholders to ensure technical feasibility.
• Responsible for tracking all engineering efforts with focus during the design phase.
• Facilitate design reviews and other forms of communication, to ensure intra and inter-departmental collaboration.
• Interface with engineering leadership, engineers, vendors, sales/customers, and internal production teams to ensure design, build, and test requirements and execution plans are understood and achieved.
• End-to-End project oversight to ensure on-schedule and on-budget execution.
• When appropriate, interface with sales/customers during project execution.

Functions Reporting to Project Manager:

None.

Requirements:

Our ideal candidate brings a wealth of experience and should possess the following:

• Bachelor’s degree in science, engineering, management, or equivalent
• 2+ years of technical project management experience within manufacturing sector
• Experience guiding multi-disciplinary team tasked with solving technical problems
• Able to balance attention to detail with strategic thinking, risk management, and decision making
• Strong verbal, written and presentation communication skills
• Solid organizational skills with ability to efficiently switch between multiple tasks/projects across the workday
• Self-motivated leader who can positively influence and drive teams
• Project management experience with planning, design management, customer communication, and verification and verification
• Analytical thinker with strong foundation of technical problem-solving abilities
• Fluent with MS Office including MS Project, Planner or similar project management tools
• Ability to work with cross functional teams
• Preferred: Experience with SolidWorks and SolidWorks Simulation
• Preferred: Experience with ERP systems
• Preferred: Experience in a field utilizing light metrology and/or optical radiometry
• Preferred: Experience with any of these topics a plus: Thermal Analysis, LEDs, UV/VIS/NIR applications, Remote Sensing, Light Measurement, Integrating Sphere Design, Optical Sensor Calibration, Optical System Design, Optical Laboratory Methods, and Laser Power Measurement

Join a world-class team in solving our customers’ toughest challenges as our Senior Electrical Engineer.  This exciting role will provide an opportunity to solve problems across several industries, including aerospace & defense, cosmetics & sun protection, lighting, automotive & transportation, image sensors, medical & life science, consumer electronics, telecom, and industrial photonics.     

The Senior Electrical Engineer can be located from either the North Sutton NH or Peabody MA office, with semi-regular travel to the other location as needed, especially during the initial training period.

Key Responsibilities:

As a collaborative Senior Electrical Engineer, you will:

• Work with a team of driven, supportive, and highly skilled professionals in the development of Labsphere and ILT’s next-generation electrical architectures for light measurement, technical lighting systems, and tunable reference calibration systems
• Utilize electrical engineering expertise in a multidisciplinary team to design, build, and test new solutions to meet customer requirements and specifications
• Work closely with and contribute to firmware design in embedded architectures
• Lead and develop new sensor/spectrometer applications within existing hardware
• Investigate, propose, and build consensus for future technology solutions and design architectures
• Lead the effort to improve configuration management from prototype to production

Functions Reporting to Senior Electrical Engineer:

None.

Requirements:

Our ideal candidate brings a wealth of experience and should possess the following:

• Bachelor’s degree in electrical engineering or equivalent technical discipline
• 8+ years of work experience in driving technical solutions in manufacturing and industrial environments
• Hands-on experience developing tightly integrated electrical hardware/firmware systems from concept through volume production
• Expert experience of electronics design in both analog and digital domains, including designing with microcontrollers, layout, simulation, test, and verification
• Experience and drive to plan and implement design process improvements
• Proficient with hardware debugging tools such as multimeters, oscilloscopes, logic analyzers
• Electrical circuit design (low voltage DC such as current regulators, op-amp circuits, communication busses, etc. Some AC power systems)
• Communication protocols such as RS232, USB, RS485, I2C, UART, SPI
• Excellent skills in planning and communications, strong analytical capabilities, and an attention to detail
• People-centric focus with the ability to collaborate with all teammates across the organization
• Strong initiative, work ethic, and levels of enthusiasm
• Outstanding interpersonal skills, innovation, and the ability to motivate, inspire, and influence cross group/functional teams with a high degree of independence and success 
• An entrepreneurial spirit and mindset, bringing a natural curiosity for what “can be” and the willingness to challenge boundaries
• Ability to deal with ambiguity, navigate uncertain situations, and drive for clarity 
• High standard of ethics and integrity
• A good communicator and self-starter, capable of working independently and solving problems without constant oversight
• Preferred: Experience and drive to plan and implement team design process improvements
• Preferred: Experience with Altium is preferred but we will train if candidate has other experience
• Preferred: Experience in photonics, spectroscopy, optics, lighting or LED applications
• Preferred: Experience with low signal to noise measurement and circuit design
• Preferred: Experience in embedded firmware and application, deployment, and development
• Preferred: Programming knowledge in MATLAB, Python, Linux, LabVIEW

Join a world-class team in providing our customers with optical systems and components as our Spray Coating Technician.  This exciting role will provide an opportunity to manufacture products for customers in several industries, including aerospace & defense, cosmetics & sun protection, lighting, automotive & transportation, image sensors, medical & life science, consumer electronics, telecom, and industrial photonics.     

The Spray Coating Technician is responsible for working within a team to provide quality products that are in compliance with applicable standards, regulations, and procedures.

Key Responsibilities:

• Prepare/mask surfaces for sandblasting and coating per written procedures
• Spray optical coatings on products
• Remove masking and coating as per drawings or instructions
• Follow work schedule per the Coating Lead’s instructions
• Inspect work while performing these processes to ensure quality
• Operate sandblaster and random orbital sanders per instructions provided
• Accurately report time worked and completed via paperless system
• Precisely measure liquids and solids to mix coating per written procedures.
• Utilize 5-gallon pressure fed, as well as gravity fed LVMP spray gun to complete jobs.
• This position requires you to handle toxic chemicals and hazardous waste (paint waste). Use of proper PPE is required, including wearing a respirator while spraying.
• Company paid travel may be required occasionally to perform offsite work.

Requirements:

Our ideal candidate brings a wealth of experience and should possess the following:

• High school diploma or equivalent
• Strong organizational and time management skills. Ability to work effectively in a multitask environment under deadlines. Must work independently and show initiative.
• Ability to actively participate in Labsphere’s continuous improvement program.
• Ability to maintain personal and common work space housekeeping at an acceptable level.
• Ability to effectively perform all of the above mentioned essential job functions.
• High level of attention to detail.
• Basic computer skills
• Able to work independently and collaboratively as part of a team

Join a world-class team in solving our customers’ toughest challenges as our Senior Product Manager.  This exciting role will provide an opportunity to launch products and solve problems across several industries, including aerospace & defense, cosmetics & sun protection, lighting, automotive & transportation, image sensors, medical & life science, consumer electronics, telecom, and industrial photonics.     

Labsphere is looking for an experienced Product Manager to join our team. The Product Manager is responsible for the business ownership of one of Labsphere photonics/light measurement/remote sensing product lines. This includes end-to-end product planning and execution across the entire business lifecycle. This role involves gathering and prioritizing product requirements, defining product vision, and collaborating with cross-functional teams (engineering, sales, marketing, finance, and operations). The product manager will create materials and collateral needed to communicate the capabilities of product, including competitive positioning, brochures, presentations, and white papers. The Product Manager will ensure product goals align with the company’s overall strategy and financial objectives.

Key Responsibilities:

• Product Strategy: Develop and execute product strategy and roadmap, ensuring alignment with overall business objectives.
• Product Management: Manage the entire product lifecycle from concept through launch, including defining product vision, performance requirements, gathering and prioritizing product and customer requirements, and overseeing product development. Manage the product line lifecycle from introduction to phase out including pricing, and cost analysis.
• Market Analysis: Identify market trends and business opportunities to position the product competitively. Conduct regular user, sales, customer, and distributor interviews (VOC) to gather insights into product performance and areas for improvement. Cultivate a deep understanding of customer needs, pain points, and “jobs to be done” to guide product strategy and decisions.
• Stakeholder Collaboration: Engage with engineering, sales, and marketing teams to gather product requirements and execute product plans.
• Metrics & Reporting: Define, analyze, and report product metrics to measure success and inform strategy.
• Product Promotion: Attend and present product performance and capabilities at relevant trade shows, seminars, and conferences. Support Sales with presentations, customer visits and on-line interactions as needed to drive revenue of product lines.
• Competitive Analysis: Conduct competitive analysis and market research to identify market trends and opportunities for innovation.
• Business Optimization: Manage the product to optimize revenue, profit,and inventory working closely with Sales and Operations teams.
• Go To Market: Develop comprehensive go-to-market strategies and work with marketing and sales teams to execute successful product launches.

Requirements:

Our ideal candidate brings a wealth of experience and should possess the following:

• Technical Expertise: Strong technical background with the ability to dive into product details and collaborate with development teams.
• Strategic Leadership: Proven ability to create long-term strategic plans while driving short-term tactical execution.
• Hands-on Approach: A leadership style that emphasizes active involvement in daily operations and decision-making.
• Communication Skills: Excellent verbal and written communication skills, with the ability to present complex ideas clearly to a range of stakeholder technical understanding.
• Data-Driven: Experience with analytics and business intelligence tools to guide product decisions.
• Self-Motivated: Capable of operating independently and managing multiple priorities.
• Collaboration: Strong team player who can negotiate and work across departments.
• Qualifications:
  • Bachelor’s degree in engineering, Business or scientific field preferred; MBA or advanced degree a plus.
  • 4+ years’ experience in product management within a history of successful product development
  • Analytical, with both a result- and process-orientation; possesses the ability to provide product leadership from early inception through project completion.
  • Data-driven decision-making, incorporating input from both internal and external stakeholders.
  • Strong verbal, written, communication and presentation abilities; highly proficient with Microsoft Office suite.
• Preferred: Knowledge of the remote sensing market. Specifically, earth observation, multi- and hyperspectral imaging, drone, aerial, and space imaging systems and markets.
• Preferred: Photonics industry knowledge with an understanding of optical systems, LEDs, lasers, electro-optics, radiometry, and photometry.

Functions Reporting to Product Marketing Manager:

• Possible supervisor to other PMM

Join a world-class team in solving our customers’ toughest challenges as our Chief Commercial Officer.  This exciting role will provide an opportunity to solve problems across several industries, including aerospace & defense, cosmetics & sun protection, lighting, automotive & transportation, image sensors, medical & life science, consumer electronics, telecom, and industrial photonics.     

The Chief Commercial Officer (CCO) will be a key leadership team member responsible for defining and executing the company’s commercial strategy. This role will oversee all commercial activities, including sales, marketing, business development, and customer service. The CCO will work closely with other senior leaders to drive revenue growth, enhance market positioning, and ensure global alignment with the Labsphere’s strategic objectives.

Key Responsibilities:

• Strategic Leadership: Develop and implement the company’s commercial strategy to achieve revenue and growth targets. Ensure alignment with overall business goals and objectives.
• Sales Management: Lead and mentor the global sales team and partner network to drive high performance and meet or exceed sales targets. Implement effective sales processes and performance metrics.
• Marketing Oversight: Oversee the marketing strategy to build brand awareness, generate leads, and support sales initiatives. Collaborate with the marketing team to create compelling campaigns and content.
• Business Development: Identify and pursue new business opportunities, partnerships, and markets. Develop strategies for market entry and expansion.
• Customer Success: Ensure exceptional customer experiences and satisfaction. Develop and implement strategies for customer retention and growth.
• Financial Performance: Monitor and analyze commercial performance metrics. Develop budgets, forecasts, and reports to ensure financial objectives are met.
• Cross-functional collaboration: Work closely with engineering, operations, and finance teams to ensure cohesive execution of commercial strategies and initiatives.
• Market Analysis: Stay informed about industry trends, market conditions, and competitive landscape. Use insights to drive strategic decisions and maintain a competitive edge.

Functions Reporting to CCO:

Marketing: Strategic Marketing, Web / eCommerce, Brand, Communications

Commercial: Sales

Customer Service

Requirements:

Our ideal candidate brings a wealth of experience and should possess the following:

• Bachelor’s degree in a Science field, Engineering, Business Administration, Marketing, Finance, or a related field. An MBA or other advanced degree is preferred.
• Proven experience (5+ years) in senior commercial roles, including sales, marketing, customer service and business development.
• Proven sales and business experience in the United States, Europe, and Asia; either directly or through a partner network
• Demonstrated success in developing and executing commercial strategies that drive revenue growth and market expansion.
• Strong leadership skills with the ability to inspire and manage high-performing teams.
• Excellent communication, negotiation, and interpersonal skills.
• Data-driven with strong analytical and problem-solving abilities.
• Ability to thrive in a fast-paced, dynamic environment and adapt to changing priorities.
• Experience working with multidisciplinary teams (especially engineers and manufacturing) with an ability to anticipate their needs/wants during development
• Experience and drive to plan and implement team design process improvements
• Ability to deal with ambiguity, navigate uncertain situations, and drive for clarity 

Join a world-class team in solving our customers’ toughest challenges as an Applications Engineer.  This exciting role will provide an opportunity to solve problems across several industries, including aerospace & defense, cosmetics & sun protection, lighting, automotive & transportation, image sensors, medical & life science, consumer electronics, telecom, and industrial photonics.  

This position is a key technical working with Sales, Marketing, Engineering, and Operations employees.

    Key Responsibilities:

• Working with Sales, Marketing, and Engineering to develop system designs through analysis and empirical methods with estimated costs to meet customer requirements and specifications.
• Perform advanced troubleshooting of customer issues concerning the applications we serve.
• Aid in the marketing and sales of Labsphere products professional interaction with colleagues and customers.
• Lead the planning and development of advanced training and support tools.
• Maintain a strong relationship with other departments to enhance company efforts in the research and development of products with specialized expertise.
• Continuously review existing product application and provide market feedback to Marketing and Engineering.
• Stay informed of competitive product communicatingpertinent information throughout the company as required.
• Enhance Labsphere’s corporate presence through the presentation of training seminars and by attending market trade shows and by participating in industry conferences.

Functions Reporting to the Applications Engineer:

None.

Requirements:

Our ideal candidate brings a wealth of experience and should possess the following:

• Bachelors, Master’s or Ph.D. technical degree from a four year accredited college with a desire for continuous learning.
• Photonics experience in areas such as optics, radiometry, photometry, color science, imaging devices, remote sensing, sensor design, electronics, electro-optics, integrating sphere design, LEDs, lasers.
• Strong interpersonal and communications skills required for intensive interaction with customers and other employees.  Advanced technical writing ability.
•  Ability to act as a technical leader through independent planning and execution of projects.
• Ability to participate in independent travel (~10%) and maintain flexibility in working hours.

Join a world-class team in solving our customers’ toughest challenges as an Optical Systems Engineer.  This exciting role will provide an opportunity to solve problems across several industries, including aerospace & defense, cosmetics & sun protection, lighting, automotive & transportation, image sensors, medical & life science, consumer electronics, telecom, and industrial photonics.  

This position involves communication regarding technical capabilities and limitations, prioritization of requirements, and schedule demands for custom light-metrology solutions. This position is a key component in a very dynamic, fast-paced, and challenging engineering environment.

The ideal candidate can speak technically at a range of levels from novice to expert, and most importantly, the ability to listen. Being able to extract the right information with the right questions to fully understand the customer’s needs is essential.

Beyond customer interaction, the Optical Systems Engineer will need to relay those requirements to the internal design team and provide a clear description of the system to be built with a focus on the optical design and overall system performance. Specific attention is to be made to creating a holistic system that performs according to the customer use case.

Key Responsibilities:

• Duties will include optical system design, laboratory measurements, and customer training/installations of light metrology systems.
• The applications will span the gamut of light measurement applications (LEDs, lasers, OLEDs, plasma sources), remote sensing uniform source systems (UV/VIS/NIR), material reflectance, integrating sphere design, spectrometer and sensor analysis, and imaging device analysis.
• Ideal candidate will have broad experience with light metrology and engineering applications in as many of the following areas as possible: Optical design and simulation, Thermal Analysis, LEDs, OLEDs, mLED, UV/VIS/NIR applications, Remote Sensing, Light Measurement, Integrating Sphere Design, Optical Sensor Calibrations, Optical Systems Design, Optical Laboratory methods, and Laser Power Measurements
• Must be self-motivated, be able to learn quickly, and be able to meet project cost and schedule constraints
• The candidate may also be asked to attend trade shows, conferences, and customer visits, and be able to join/contribute to domestic and international standards committees.
• The candidate will need to work within a cross-functional team environment to provide creative and innovative solutions to solve challenging optical problems. Experience with Zemax, TracePro, MATLAB, SolidWorks, SolidWorks Simulation a plus.
• The candidate will be a team player willing to impart knowledge to other team members across the organization and promote the work of the Engineering group both internally and externally at conferences and trade shows.

Functions Reporting to Project Manager:

None.

Requirements:

Our ideal candidate brings a wealth of photonics experience and should possess the following:

• Preferred Degrees: BS or MS or Ph.D. in Engineering or Physics