Equipment Engineer (Active Alignment Machine)

The role

This person will serve as the primary equipment engineering interface between design, manufacturing, and worldwide equipment suppliers. The role focuses on active alignment machine technology development, process development, and machine qualification.

What you will do

• Identify, develop and qualify FAU-PIC equipment suppliers worldwide for Pluggable/NPO/CPO packages
• Lead co-design and qualification of the machine
• Develop risk analysis and mitigation plan with suppliers for on-time delivery and installation
• Support active alignment process in mass production line, NPI line and R&D lab
• Engage with package production teams during the process development and qualification

Required qualifications

• B.S. or M.S. in Mechanical, Electrical or Optical Engineering
• 5+ years of working experience in active alignment machine design, assembly or testing
• Solid knowledge in coupling efficiency, FAU, PIC, UV epoxy, UPH, and equipment qualification procedures
• Very familiar with the whole active alignment machine industry
• Can select and identify different equipment suppliers for different products' production and R&D
• Familiar with Solidworks
• Understand circuit schematics and optical simulations
• Fluency in English to communicate with English speaking stakeholders

About the company

Lumilens is building photonics infrastructure for AI supercomputing. It is a well-funded startup backed by Mayfield.