Director of Robotic Process Development & Photonics

Monarch Quantum; San Diego (CA); Hybrid; USD 125,000 - 175,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical, Dental, and Vision insurance

Fidelity 401(k) plan with 4% employer匹

20 PTO days per year

13 paid company holidays

9/80 work schedule

Job summary

Monarch Quantum seeks a Manager of Robotic Process Development Engineering to build the foundation of our growing manufacturing capabilities. You will recruit and lead a multidisciplinary team, translating optical and mechanical designs into scalable processes and robust automation strategies.

You will collaborate with Design Engineering to ensure manufacturability, drive process verification/validation, and guide production readiness for advanced laser and photonic systems.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in engineering or related field; advanced degree preferred.
• 8+ years of engineering experience in optical/photonic, robotics, automation, or related fields.
• Demonstrated leadership of multidisciplinary engineering teams (optical, mechanical, robotics, automation, controls, or manufacturing).
• Ability to translate complex optical/mechanical designs into executable manufacturing/process-development strategies.
• Experience developing automated processes for precision optical/photonic assemblies including robotics, machine vision, or closed-loop systems.
• Strong cross-functional leadership with Optical, Mechanical, Electrical, Software, Manufacturing, Quality and Operations teams.
• Experience establishing process verification/validation strategies with measurement, fixtures, data-analysis.

Responsibilities

• Recruit, develop and manage a team of robotic process development engineers.
• Lead translation of optical/mechanical designs into scalable manufacturing processes with architecture, equipment, work instructions, controls and verification plans.
• Partner with Design Engineering to ensure manufacturability and automation opportunities; resolve conflicts.
• Contribute to design, integration, verification and transition to production for complex laser/photonic systems.
• Create and maintain active optic alignment engineering processes and tools.
• Execute engineering process development projects from requirements through validation and qualification.
• Participate in cross-functional leadership to plan and execute projects on schedule and budget.

Skills

Team leadership

Process development

Optical/photonic systems

Robotics/automation

DOE / Design of Experiments

Data-driven decision making

Education

Bachelor's degree in engineering

Job description

Monarch Quantum seeks a Manager of Robotic Process Development Engineering to build the foundation of our growing manufacturing capabilities. You will recruit and lead a multidisciplinary team, translating optical and mechanical designs into scalable processes and robust automation strategies.

You will collaborate with Design Engineering to ensure manufacturability, drive process verification/validation, and guide production readiness for advanced laser and photonic systems.