Director Product Line Management (Co Packaging Optical Solution)

The role

The Director Product Line Management will own the technical vision for optical hardware products for high-speed optical networks. This person will work with contract manufacturers, suppliers, and internal cross-functional teams to meet product objectives.

What you will do

• Drive execution of product development program for optical hardware product.
• Identify technical gaps and capture solutions to meet production launch.
• Manage manufacturing partners for technical design activities like Reliability, Design Verification Test, and Compliance test.
• Drive support with cross-functional teams including Photonics Design, HW design, Packaging, Manufacturing, Quality Engineering, Product Marketing and Supply Chain.
• Drive internal preparation for material readiness to support customer program engagement.
• Support supplier technical discussions to ensure engineering design success.
• Support engineering and operation team to ensure qualified suppliers meet requirements prior to production release.
• Ensure teams prepare, present and document technical reviews, reliability reports, and risk assessments.

Required qualifications

• M.S. in Electrical Engineering, Photonics, Physics, Materials Science, or related field, or equivalent experience in photonics reliability engineering with direct exposure to Optical system, Silicon P
• Strong knowledge in photonics device physics, photonics packaging, and failure mechanisms.
• Demonstrated success supporting NPI programs and product qualification from concept through volume production.
• In-depth knowledge of relevant standards (GR-468, Telcordia, JEDEC, MIL-STD).
• Effective communicator with the ability to influence cross-functional and supplier teams.
• Experience in a fast-paced, high-tech environment serving telecom/datacom markets.

Nice to have

• Project management experience in integrated photonics packaging and co-design (optical + electrical) from design to production release
• Hands on experience in design to manufacturability and cost
• Willing and not afraid to adapt to unfamiliar area to ensure a success program
• Willing to travel to supplier and manufacturing partner during the product design or transfer phase

Benefits

• Competitive salary commensurate with experience
• Professional development opportunities and certification support
• Access to cutting-edge technology and cloud platforms
• Collaborative work environment with cross-functional teams

About the company

Lumilens is building photonics infrastructure for AI supercomputing, including chip-to-chip optical interconnects and scalable photonic engines. It is a well-funded startup backed by Mayfield.