Senior Staff Engineer, Optical Manufacturing Innovator

Blue Signal Search; San Diego (CA); On-site; USD 180,000 - 240,000; Full time

Job summary

Blue Signal Search seeks a Sr Staff Engineer - Advanced Manufacturing (Optics) in San Diego to turn ambitious R&D concepts into scalable, repeatable manufacturing processes.

You will lead packaging and process-development initiatives, translating product objectives into practical architectures, assembly approaches, and equipment strategies while collaborating across R&D and Operations to ensure production readiness.

Qualifications

• Experience in semiconductor and microelectronics packaging and process development.
• Hands-on expertise with advanced manufacturing methods, equipment and assembly processes.
• Proven ability to translate R&D concepts into manufacturing-ready processes and scale-up.
• Ability to operate across R&D and manufacturing with credibility to technical and Operations teams.
• Experience with DOE, Lean or Six Sigma and technology transfer is a plus.

Responsibilities

• Lead packaging and process-development initiatives transforming early concepts into manufacturing-ready solutions.
• Translate product objectives into package architectures, assembly approaches, and equipment strategies.
• Apply established methods to evolving products and production requirements.
• Plan and execute hands-on experiments, prototype builds, process characterization, troubleshooting and optimization.
• Collaborate with operators, process and manufacturing engineers, and Operations to establish reliable production processes.

Skills

Semiconductor packaging

Advanced assembly

Process development

Manufacturing transfer

R&D to manufacturing

Yield improvement

Reliability analysis

DOE/Lean/Six Sigma

Technology transfer

Job description

Blue Signal Search seeks a Sr Staff Engineer - Advanced Manufacturing (Optics) in San Diego to turn ambitious R&D concepts into scalable, repeatable manufacturing processes.

You will lead packaging and process-development initiatives, translating product objectives into practical architectures, assembly approaches, and equipment strategies while collaborating across R&D and Operations to ensure production readiness.