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Lumileds International is a global leader in LED technology, innovation, and solutions for the automotive, display, illumination, mobile, and other markets where light sources are essential. Our approximately 3,300 employees operate in over 15 countries to partner with our customers to deliver solutions for lighting, safety, and well‑being.

The Lumileds environment is fast‑paced, cutting‑edge, intelligent and fun! We are looking for exceptional talent to join our team! To learn more, visit lumileds.com.

Responsible for scoping the product development effort, lead large cross‑functional teams towards successful launch of automotive LED products and/or technologies into high volume manufacturing. You are also responsible to resolve integration issues by leading task forces towards the release of LED products and support customer interfacing teams towards business wins. Scope of this role includes presenting to Executive Management on a regular basis and working with teams in different geographies and time zones. The position requires a technically grounded individual with a broad‑based and varied skill set / experience, with high focus on execution, generation of results towards reaching the defined objectives.

Lumileds is seeking a highly‑qualified Integral Project Leader (Senior Manager) to take responsibility for product development automotive LED products.

In this role, you will develop & support product development activities for new product/package/technology.

Lead worldwide product development activities to support prototyping, design freeze, verification builds, process freeze, scale‑up, and release products to volume production.

Integrate cross‑functional project teams in a matrix resource environment.

Align requirements for products and technologies with stakeholders, consistent with automotive customer expectations and manufacturing capability.

Assess technical risks, align risk reduction plans and drive teams ensuring on‑time product launches. Complete phase gates as a part of product development.

Leverage supplier teams, co‑develop packaging process and materials and meet product requirements and timelines.

Qualify and troubleshoot new materials and processes, including root cause investigation.

Highly result oriented mindset and fast paced abilities in achieving innovative engineering solutions and meeting product development goals.

Ability and flexibility to work with teams across different geographies and time zones.

Ability to lead cross‑functional teams on technology/non‑technical issues to reach intended objectives.

Direct experience in several of the following areas is preferred:

Packaging development for optoelectronics/semiconductors, including selection and qualification of materials and processes.

Characterization of LED devices and materials, including optical, electrical, thermal, and mechanical properties, along with underlying chemical composition and structure.

High‑volume assembly line processes such as die attach, glue attach, molding, laser processes, singulation, AVI, metrology, and automated test and handling.

Analysis of data from DOEs, prototype & verification and manufacturing builds.

Semiconductor wafer fabrication process development and process integration.

Knowledgeable with engineering tools like DFMEA/PFMEA, application of JMP for analysis.

Detail oriented and hands‑on approach to engineering development and problem solving.

Ability to rapidly extend individual engineering capabilities per specific project needs.

Ability to travel internationally (up to 5‑20% of the time).

Bachelor's

Materials Science, Photonics or related engineering fields.

Minimum 7 years of industry experience in a product or technology development environment.

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