Senior Optoelectronics Manufacturing Engineer — NPI to Scale-Up

Lumentum; Penang; On-site; MYR 180,000 - 240,000; Full time

Job summary

Lumentum Penang is seeking a Principal Manufacturing Engineer to lead manufacturing engineering across the product lifecycle, from NPI to high-volume CM production. You will own processes, ensure manufacturability, quality, and cost targets, and mentor engineers.

You'll collaborate with R&D, Quality, Operations, Supply Chain, and CM partners to deliver robust product commercialization and continuous improvement, while driving qualification, transfer, and process optimization efforts.

Qualifications

• Experience in New Product Introduction (NPI) and transferring products into high-volume manufacturing.
• Strong knowledge of statistical process control (SPC), process capability (Cp/Cpk), Design of Experiments (DOE), and data analysis.
• Familiarity with optical communication products, optical transceivers, tunable lasers, optical receivers, and related optoelectronic assemblies.
• Proven experience qualifying and optimizing manufacturing processes involving Soldering, Die Bond, Wire Bond, Active Optical Alignment (Auto Aligner), and Mechanical Assembly
• Ability to travel abroad; good English communication skills.

Responsibilities

• Transfer of new products from R&D into contract manufacturing (CM), ensuring manufacturing readiness and successful production ramp-up.
• Develops new or modified process formulations, defines processing or handling equipment requirements and specifications, and reviews processing techniques and methods applied in the manufacturing, fabrication, and evaluation of products.
• Compiles and evaluates test data to determine appropriate limits and variables for process or material specifications.
• May conceive and plan projects involving definition and selection of new concepts, equipment automation technology, and approaches in the processing or development of new or improved processes.
• Technical support for product already transferred to MFG (validate process changes and second level engineering support to manufacturing line).
• Generate, review, and maintain manufacturing documentation, work instructions, process specifications, and engineering change documentation.
• Plan and execute process qualification activities, including FAI, engineering builds, CM qualification, and manufacturing validation requirements.
• Analyze manufacturing data, SPC trends, yield performance, and process capability to identify opportunities for continuous improvement.
• Lead root cause investigations using structured problem-solving methodologies (8D, 5 Why, Fishbone, DOE, SPC) and implement effective corrective and preventive actions.
• Drive cycle time reduction, productivity improvements, automation initiatives, and cost reduction projects.
• Influencing product roadmaps by providing DFM feedback to R&D during early-stage design.
• Lead cross-functional projects involving new manufacturing technologies, equipment, and automation.
• Mentor junior engineers and provide technical leadership on complex manufacturing challenges.

Skills

Manufacturing engineering

NPI experience

SPC & DOE

Optoelectronics knowledge

Process optimization

Cross-functional collaboration

English communication

Education

Bachelor’s Degree or higher in Mechanical/ Manufacturing/ Engineering

Job description

Lumentum Penang is seeking a Principal Manufacturing Engineer to lead manufacturing engineering across the product lifecycle, from NPI to high-volume CM production. You will own processes, ensure manufacturability, quality, and cost targets, and mentor engineers.

You'll collaborate with R&D, Quality, Operations, Supply Chain, and CM partners to deliver robust product commercialization and continuous improvement, while driving qualification, transfer, and process optimization efforts.