New Head of Quality

TOPTICA eagleyard welcomes Sascha Tornow as new Head of Quality

Press release

Berlin/Munich, February 1st, 2022
With his return to TOPTICA eagleyard, Sascha Tornow is now responsible for the quality management in the company.

„After ten years, I am very happy to be back at TOPTICA eagleyard and look forward to further optimize the high quality standards especially for the new, highly integrated and technically complex products as Head of Quality.” says Sascha about his return to the company. He already worked successfully for TOPTICA eagleyard from 2006 until 2011 as Quality Manager with a special focus on the Gaia mission (ESA project) and thereby created the basis for all following industry projects.

Sascha looks back on a long history of experiences in quality management and quality assurance. He studied communication engineering with a specialization in high frequency and measurement technology and started his career as Reliability Engineer at Finisar Corporation where he was responsible for the development of the quality management from 2000 until 2006.

 

After more than ten years as Manager Quality Assurance at MELAG Medizintechnik, a renowned medical technology company, Sascha returns to TOPTICA eagleyard and will use his expertise from the regulated markets of that industry for his new field of responsibility. As independent consultant he worked with TOPTICA eagleyard for various qualification activities in the last year so that his start as new Head of Quality was the next “subsequent step” that also makes the CEO, Claus Heitmann very happy: “With Sascha we won a highly qualified manager who will support us tremendously to market the next generation of highly integrated products. His start happens at an ideal timing so that we can benefit from his expertise in space programs for our current space projects.”

Sascha does not only look forward to his new field of responsibility but also to the mindset in of his new colleagues: “eagleyard is agile, innovative and profits from great teams that form the company.”

 

Marketing Kontakt
Stephanie Hannibal
stephanie.hannibal@noSpamtoptica-eagleyard.com
Tel: +49 30 6392 4561/ +49 01752233563

 

 

 

Related Company / Organization

TOPTICA EAGLEYARD / EAGLEYARD Photonics GmbH, Berlin

Toptica Eagleyard Photonics develops and manufactures high power laser diodes – the key components for next generation laser systems. These high power laser diodes are produced in close cooperation with the renowned Ferdinand-Braun-Institut, Leibniz-Institut für Höchstfrequenztechnik and represent reliable product results of top research performances. Since its foundation in 2002, eagleyard Photonics, a highly innovative and rapidly growing company has become a leading provider of high power laser diodes with wavelengths ranging from 630 to 1120 nm. Customers worldwide integrate laser diodes “made by eagleyard” into their systems. The certified development, production and marketing processes are subject to rigorous quality standards required by ISO 9001:2008.

Fields of Activity
Development, manufacture and sale of high power laser diodes ranging from 630 nm to 1120 nm.

Range of Services
The product portfolio covers Ridge Waveguide Lasers (Fabry Perot), Broad Area Lasers, Tapered Lasers, Tapered Amplifiers, DFB and DBR Laser, combining maximum power, high durability and excellent beam quality.

Research & Development Activities
Development work has always been targeting higher optical performance of diode structures as well as sustainable packages with integrated micro-optics to achieve stable and cost-effective laser beams. The development of space qualified laser diodes for missions like Gaia and Merlin during the past few years enhanced our knowledge about robust and sustainable designs of laser diodes.

Special Equipment
Own cleanroom facilities

Technology Partners
Ferdinand-Braun-Institute

Current State-of-the-art Technologies
Quantal Initiative

TOPTICA EAGLEYARD / EAGLEYARD Photonics GmbH

Rudower Chaussee 29
12489 Berlin

T: +49 (0)30 / 6392 4520
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