Optical Transceiver Product Engineer
LumilensJob Title
Optical Transceiver Product Engineer
Role Summary
Responsible for development and oversight of manufacturing processes supporting Lumilens' optical transceiver product roadmap. The role partners with contract manufacturers, suppliers, and cross-functional internal teams to deliver product yield, quality, reliability, and cost targets.
Experience Level
Senior — requires approximately 7+ years of experience in high-volume optical transceiver manufacturing.
Responsibilities
Accountable for manufacturing readiness, product quality, and continuous improvement across the transceiver product lifecycle.
- End-to-end manufacturing ownership and change control under established QMS requirements.
- Own product yield, quality, reliability, and customer delivery performance as the primary manufacturing contact.
- Maintain accurate manufacturing BOM and drive improvements in productivity and total cost of manufacturing.
- Define and execute continuous improvement plans to reduce scrap, improve yield, cycle time, and throughput.
- Track manufacturing test results and ensure products meet specifications.
- Produce and maintain product documentation and specifications.
- Collaborate with quality on qualification test planning and execution.
- Work with design and process engineering to enforce design-for-manufacturing (DFM) guidelines.
- Prepare product and process reports by collecting, analyzing, and summarizing trends and metrics.
Requirements
Must-have technical experience and skills for immediate contribution; preferred items noted below.
- 7+ years of experience in high-volume optical transceiver manufacturing (must-have).
- Experience with manufacturing processes and manufacturing engineering specific to optical transceivers.
- Hands-on expertise in manufacturing BOM management, yield analysis, root-cause problem solving, and process implementation.
- Proficiency in data analysis and statistical process control (SPC); experience generating technical reports.
- Strong working knowledge of quality management systems and applicable quality standards.
- Experience with optics failure analysis (FA) processes and tools.
- Ability to work effectively in geographically diverse, cross-functional teams and communicate clearly in English (verbal and written).
- Willingness and ability to travel internationally.
- Nice-to-have: hands-on experience with transceiver assembly processes (wire bond, die bond, active optical alignment), product testing, burn-in, and ongoing reliability testing.
Education Requirements
Bachelor's degree in Electrical Engineering, Industrial Engineering, or a related field (specified by the posting). No advanced degree or explicit equivalent-experience language was provided.
About the Company
Company: Lumilens
Headquarters: San Jose, CA, USA
Lumilens develops integrated photonics and optical interconnect solutions for high-speed data communication and chip-to-chip interfaces, focusing on optical front-end hardware and co-packaged optics for advanced semiconductor systems.
