Technical Lead – Advanced Optoelectronic Development

Blue Signal Search; San Francisco (CA); On-site; USD 170,000 - 240,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Competitive pay

Technical leadership

Cross-functional teamwork

Benefits package

Job summary

Blue Signal Search is seeking a Technical Lead for Advanced Optoelectronic Development in the San Francisco Bay area. You will guide complex optoelectronic and hardware solutions through engineering, refinement, and commercialization, partnering with multiple teams to translate product objectives into actionable plans.

The role emphasizes leadership, deep technical expertise in photonics/electronics, hands-on problem solving, and clear documentation to keep programs on schedule while delivering

Qualifications

• History of providing technical leadership for cross‑functional programs.
• Advanced technical expertise in a core engineering discipline.
• Clear communicator with strong planning and organizational skills.

Responsibilities

• Set the technical course for complex development programs and convert objectives into engineering plans.
• Coordinate decisions across functional areas to address obstacles and keep projects moving.
• Connect efforts across different teams to ensure steady progress toward goals.
• G oversee early hardware builds through integration, characterization, and readiness reviews.
• Drive structured problem solving when performance or integration issues arise.
• Collaborate across key functions to balance technical objectives with practical considerations.
• Establish development practices and documentation to maintain alignment across projects.
• Explore emerging solutions to enhance future development efforts and engineering effectiveness.

Skills

Technical leadership

Cross-functional coordination

Plan & organize

Electrical/ RF photonics

Documentation

Hands-on engineering

Communication

Modeling/ simulation

Education

Undergraduate engineering degree

Job description

Technical Lead – Advanced Optoelectronic Development

San Francisco Bay, CA area

Our client is looking for an experienced technical professional to guide complex optoelectronic and hardware solutions through key stages of engineering, refinement, and commercialization. This role provides an opportunity to support strategic technical efforts, navigate complex challenges, and work across teams to help advance important business objectives. The ideal candidate combines meaningful engineering depth with the leadership skills to guide complex development programs, make sound technical decisions, and keep teams moving when difficult integration challenges arise.

This Role Offers:

• A rewarding compensation package reflecting individual qualifications, with additional earning potential available.
• A key technical role offering meaningful involvement in shaping engineering direction, project priorities, and overall development efforts.
• Engage with diverse technical teams and gain broad involvement throughout the development and delivery process.
• A comprehensive benefits package supporting long-term professional and personal well-being.

Focus:

• Set the technical course for complex development programs, converting product objectives into engineering plans, decision points, and success criteria.
• Guide complex technical initiatives by coordinating decisions across functional areas, addressing development obstacles, and supporting continued project execution.
• Help connect efforts across different functional groups to support consistent progress toward shared goals.
• Guide early hardware builds through integration, characterization, verification, and readiness reviews, ensuring lessons from prototypes inform the next design iteration.
• Drive structured problem solving when performance or integration issues arise, bringing the right technical contributors together to identify causes and implement solutions.
• Collaborate across key functions to balance technical objectives with practical considerations throughout development.
• Establish clear development practices and supporting documentation to help maintain alignment and ensure continuity as projects advance.
• Explore emerging solutions and technical approaches that may enhance future development efforts and improve overall engineering effectiveness.

Skill Set:

• History of providing technical leadership for cross-functional engineering programs and driving teams toward defined product or project outcomes.
• Advanced technical expertise within a core engineering discipline, supported by substantial experience contributing to complex product development initiatives.
• Skilled at evaluating complex technical considerations, aligning priorities, and helping teams work through challenges throughout the development process.
• Undergraduate engineering degree in an applicable discipline, including electrical engineering, RF engineering, photonics, or a closely related field.
• Clear communicator with strong planning and organizational skills, able to align technical contributors and maintain high-quality engineering documentation.
• Demonstrated experience contributing to advanced development initiatives involving collaboration across diverse technical areas.
• Practical experience supporting technical evaluation, troubleshooting, testing, and development activities in a hands‑on engineering environment.
• Working knowledge of modeling, simulation, measurement, or analytical tools used within the candidate's primary technical discipline.