Product Engineer
LumilensJob Title
Product Engineer
Role Summary
Responsible for manufacturing readiness and product execution for optical transceiver products. Lead new product introduction (NPI), product transfer to contract manufacturers, and scale-up to high-volume production while working with suppliers and internal design, process, quality, and operations teams to meet targets for yield, reliability, and cost.
Experience Level
Mid-level — expects 5+ years of relevant experience in high-volume optical transceiver manufacturing.
Responsibilities
Primary responsibilities across NPI, transfer, and volume production:
- Lead NPI and product transfers; qualify and ramp products at contract manufacturing sites.
- Own manufacturing readiness, BOM accuracy, change control, and QMS compliance.
- Drive product yield, quality, reliability, cost, cycle time, and throughput improvements.
- Analyze manufacturing test results and ensure compliance to specifications.
- Lead debug and failure analysis for yield excursions, test failures, and field returns; implement corrective actions.
- Collaborate with design, process engineering, quality, and operations to ensure DFM and qualification testing.
- Prepare product and process reports; track trends and KPIs.
Requirements
Must-have technical skills and experience:
- 5+ years experience in high-volume optical transceiver manufacturing.
- Direct experience with 800G and 1.6T transceiver products.
- Experience supporting NPI, process and yield qualification, and manufacturing transfers at contract manufacturers.
- Technical depth in manufacturing BOMs, yield analysis, SPC, data analysis, and root-cause problem solving.
- Hands-on debug, failure analysis, and FA expertise for optical transceiver products.
- Knowledge of quality management systems and qualification testing processes.
- Ability to work with geographically distributed cross-functional teams and to travel internationally.
- Strong English communication and presentation skills.
Nice-to-have:
- Experience with optical assembly processes: wire bond, die bond, active optical alignment, burn-in, and product testing.
- Experience in reliability testing and manufacturing cost reduction.
Education Requirements
Bachelor's degree in Electrical Engineering, Industrial Engineering, or a related field. The posting specifies 5+ years of experience in high-volume optical transceiver manufacturing.
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.
