Industrialisation Project Manager

avec compétence GmbH; Ecublens; On-site; CHF 150,000 - 210,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Up to two days home office per week

Start date as soon as possible

3-6 months interim, then permanent

Job summary

avec compétence GmbH seeks a senior leader to industrialise and scale an advanced photonic IC manufacturing platform. You will bridge R&D, process engineering, and external foundries to bring high-volume production.

You will own scope, budgets, milestones, and risk plans, while driving audits, contract negotiations, and stakeholder alignment across multiple teams. Fluent English is required; French is a plus.

Qualifications

• Advanced degree in photonics, microelectronics, semiconductor physics, materials science or related field.
• Hands-on track record in semiconductor or photonic IC fabrication and manufacturing.
• Experience with NPI, yield ramp-up and wafer-scale fabrication scaling.
• Proven leadership of multi-stakeholder hardware and process development projects.
• Experience managing external strategic partners and foundries, incl. contract scoping & audits.
• Fluent English; French is an asset; PMP/Prince2/Agile a plus.

Responsibilities

• Drive transition from pilot to high-volume production for photonics platform.
• Own project scope, budgets, milestones, and critical-path schedules.
• Identify bottlenecks and implement risk mitigation plans.
• Manage relationships with external foundries and equipment vendors.
• Define statements of work, conduct on-site technical audits and lead contract negotiations.
• Act as a bridge across R&D, process engineering, operations, and leadership.
• Institutionalize PM methodologies, stage-gate reviews, and KPI dashboards.

Skills

Project leadership

Cross-functional collaboration

External partnerships

Audits & vendor management

Stage-gate & KPI dashboards

English proficiency

French language (asset)

Education

Master's/PhD in photonics/semiconductor physics

Tools

Audit tools

Contract scoping & negotiations

Job description

You will lead the industrialisation and scale-up of an advanced photonic integrated circuit manufacturing platform, bridging R&D, process engineering and external foundries to bring it to high-volume production.

Tasks

• Drive the transition of an advanced photonics technology from pilot stage to high-volume, high-yield manufacturing
• Own project scope, budget, work packages, milestones and critical-path schedules
• Identify technical bottlenecks and implement risk mitigation plans
• Manage technical and commercial relationships with external foundries and equipment vendors
• Define statements of work, conduct on-site technical audits and lead contract negotiations
• Act as communication bridge across R&D, process engineering, operations and leadership
• Institutionalize project management methodologies, stage-gate reviews and KPI dashboards

Profile

• Advanced degree (Master's or PhD) in photonics, microelectronics, semiconductor physics, materials science or related engineering field
• Hands-on track record in semiconductor or photonic integrated circuit fabrication and manufacturing
• Experience in new product introduction, yield ramp-up and wafer-level fabrication scaling
• Proven leadership of multi-stakeholder, technically complex hardware and process development projects
• Experience managing external strategic partners and foundries, including contract scoping and audits
• Fluent professional English required; knowledge of French is an asset
• PMP, Prince2 or Agile certification is a plus

Offer

• 100% workload
• Up to two days per week home office
• Start date as soon as possible
• 3-6 months interim, then a permanent position

Company

Semiconductor and photonics manufacturing