Senior Laser NPI & Design Characterization Manager

Aeva Inc.; Mountain View (CA); Hybrid; USD 192,000 - 260,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical, dental, and vision coverage

401k plan

Life and disability benefits

Flexible time off

Parental leave

11 paid holidays

Job summary

Aeva Inc. in Mountain View, CA is seeking a Manager, IIIV Design and Characterization to own design, manufacture, integration, validation, and qualification of lasers and amplifiers across business verticals. You will lead a team of engineers and drive NPI transitions to production.

The role requires strong cross‑functional collaboration, data‑driven decision making, and proven leadership of advanced photonics projects with a focus on performance, yield, and cost metrics.

Qualifications

• Team leadership
• NPI strategy
• IIIV design
• Cross-functional collaboration
• Data-driven decision making
• Communication
• Delivery of cutting edge products

Responsibilities

• Own roadmap, execution, validation, and delivery for 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 to ensure performance, yield, and cost targets.
• Lead integration of IIIV devices into products and packaging strategies with cross-functional teams.
• Lead design for performance to specs, manufacturing, reliability, test – DFx methodologies.
• Oversee detailed characterization of IIIV devices to provide iterative design feedback.
• Design and develop integrated multi-wavelength lasers for various applications.

Job description

Aeva Inc. in Mountain View, CA is seeking a Manager, IIIV Design and Characterization to own design, manufacture, integration, validation, and qualification of lasers and amplifiers across business verticals. You will lead a team of engineers and drive NPI transitions to production.

The role requires strong cross‑functional collaboration, data‑driven decision making, and proven leadership of advanced photonics projects with a focus on performance, yield, and cost metrics.