Manager, III-V Laser Design & NPI

Acara Solutions, An Aleron Company; Milpitas (CA); On-site; USD 150,000 - 210,000; Full time

Job summary

Acara Solutions, An Aleron Company, is seeking a Laser NPI Leader to own the design, manufacture, integration, validation, and qualification of lasers and amplifiers across business verticals in Milpitas, CA. You will guide a team from development to production and define test strategies for high-yield, cost-efficient devices.

The ideal candidate has 5+ years leading semiconductor laser programs, strong cross-functional collaboration, and a track record of delivering data-driven decisions that

Qualifications

• Experience leading NPI programs for laser/amp devices.
• Proven ability to drive cross-functional teams from development to production.
• Strong communication and results orientation across disciplines.

Responsibilities

• Own roadmap, execution, validation, and delivery for laser/amp products across verticals.
• Lead a team to transition lasers and amplifiers from development to production.
• Develop engineering requirements to meet performance, yield, and cost targets.
• Lead integration of III-V devices into packaging and system design.
• Oversee DFx activities spanning design, manufacturing, reliability, and testing.
• Characterize III-V devices and feed iterative design improvements.
• Design and develop multi-wavelength laser solutions for various apps.
• Define test strategy and oversee validation, reliability, NPI, and production testing.

Skills

NPI leadership

III-V design

Vendor management

Cross-functional leadership

Semiconductor lasers

Data-driven decisions

Presentation skills

Job description

We are looking for Laser NPI Leader to own design, manufacture, integration, validation, and qualification of lasers and amplifiers across business verticals

What you'll do:

• Own roadmap, execution, validation, and delivery for cutting edge laser and amplifier products across business verticals
• Lead a team of engineers to transition lasers and amplifiers from development to production
• Develop engineering requirement documents for a variety of product lines to ensure devices meet required performance, yield, and cost metrics
• Lead integration of III-V devices into product by working across teams to develop packaging and integration based on BKM
• Lead design for performance to specs, manufacturing, reliability, test – DFx methodologies
• Own the detailed characterization of III-V devices to provide iterative design feedback
• Design and develop integrated multi-wavelength lasers for various applications
• Own definition of test strategy & oversee implementation for validation, reliability, NPI, and production
• Define lot strategy and splits to improve performance of base designs developed in R&D
• Own the NPI and transition to high volume production of cutting edge III-V device with high yield and low cost
• Work with internal and external design development teams to develop devices that meet required product specifications

What you have:

• 5+ years of experience with leading teams and delivering cutting edge products within the semiconductor laser space (O-band)
• Demonstrated experience with 4 or more of the following – NPI strategy, III-V design, III-V process, vendor management, qualification/reliability, validation
• Experience working cross-functionally to enable data-driven decision making
• Strong presentation, communication skills, and results oriented
• Experience with working with cross-functional teams to deliver products