Staff Backend and Test Engineering

Lumentum Operations LLC; San Jose (CA); On-site; USD 112,000 - 160,000; Full time

Job summary

Lumentum Operations LLC in San Jose, CA seeks a Staff Backend and Test Engineer (P60) to support UHP and HPL laser backend assembly, test, and AOI across production ramp and sustained yields. You’ll analyze data, identify root causes, and drive cost reductions in fabrication and final test.

The role partners with R&D and Product Engineering to rapidly address field failures, optimize processes, and ensure quality across global manufacturing networks.

Qualifications

• Statistical data analysis and correlation to identify yield trends.
• Troubleshooting root causes for yield excursions in Fab with test data.
• Drive yield improvement and cost reduction post production ramp.

Responsibilities

• Bring up UHP and HPL laser assembly, test and AOI equipment to support production and ramp.
• Perform statistical data analysis, correlation and troubleshoot potential root causes for yield excursions.
• Run process vs product parameter correlation to understand margins and drive improvement.
• Early detection of Fab excursion with test data before sending to assembly site.
• Collaborate with R&D, Product Engineering and CM to provide fast responses to field failures.

Job description

Staff Backend and Test Engineering P60:

This Backend and Test Engineering will be responsible for UHP and HPL laser backend assembly, test, AOI in new chip product introduction, production ramp, yield sustaining and improvement in foundries to support Lumentum’s business needs and demand in High Power Laser business.

In this position you will:

• Bring up UHP and HPL laser assembly, test, AOI equipment to support production, yield improvement and product cost reduction postproduction ramp from Fabrication to Final test.
• Perform statistical data analysis, correlation and trouble shoot potential root causes for yield excursion in Fab with test data
• Run process vs product parameter correlation to understand process/product margin and drive improvement
• Early detection of Fab excursion in the Fab with test data before sending to assembly site
• Work closely with product engineering to drive yield improvement and product cost reduction post production ramp in foundries
• Engineering material disposition
• Failure analysis for NPI and sustaining products and RMA
• Engineering material disposition at wafer acceptance test
• Co-ordinate with R&D, Product Engineering, process integration and contract manufacturer and collect necessary information to provide faster response to the customer for field failures

Pay Range: P60-USA-1 :$112,050.00 - $160,050.00

Disclaimer: Final base salary for the successful candidate will depend on multiple factors, including but not limited to, job location, where work will be performed, qualifications, work history and relevant experience. With our continual goal of making Lumentum a best place to work for our employees, we strive to offer employees competitive total compensation packages, which may include annual bonus, commission for certain sales roles, equity, and health and welfare benefits.

Lumentum is illuminating the networks of tomorrow with advanced photonic technologies that enable AI, data centers, telecom, industrial, and sensing applications. As AI accelerates the global demand for bandwidth and energy efficiency, we deliver the building blocks that keep data moving reliably, efficiently, and at massive scale. Our optical products support AI and compute infrastructure, cloud and DCI environments, metro and long-haul networks, while our lasers drive breakthroughs in precision manufacturing and sensing. For nearly five decades, Lumentum has been at the intersection of light and innovation. What began as a vision with JDS Uniphase to harness the power of photonics has evolved into a global force driving the communication infrastructure of tomorrow. At Lumentum, we’re building more than a business-we’re building a team of passionate innovators whose drive to collaborate, create, and connect the world fuels everything we do. We are part of the AI technology revolution and we are illuminating the path forward. Headquartered in San Jose, California, we operate worldwide through a network of R&D, manufacturing, and sales locations.