Photonics Process Development Engineer 2 Packaging and Tooling

About the role

Join our fast-paced and passionate team as a Photonics Process Development Engineer 2 focused on advanced packaging and tooling. As we scale, you will be instrumental in building our manufacturing foundation from the ground up. This is a dynamic, hands-on role for a highly self-directed engineer who thrives in an ambiguous, fast-moving environment.

Responsibilities

• Own end-to-end development of photonic assembly processes from concept through production release
• Define and execute the process development roadmap aligned with product and manufacturing goals
• Design statistically rigorous experiments (DOE) to optimize process windows, robustness, and yield
• Manage the process control limits, qualification criteria, and acceptance metrics
• Transition processes from R&D to pilot and full manufacturing scale
• Lead process transfer to production, including equipment qualification (IQ, OQ, PQ)
• Drive yield improvement initiatives and root-cause investigations for failures and reliability issues
• Establish engineering standards, documentation, and best practices
• Develop process flows, work instructions, travelers, and training materials
• Determine appropriate Design for Manufacturability (DFM) principles and ensures tolerance analysis follows best practices
• Ensure process capability (Cp/Cpk) is maintained
• Perform qualification, reliability testing, and failure analysis (including FMEA)
• Design precision fixtures, tooling, and mechanisms to enable repeatable assembly and alignment
• Collaborate with mechanical engineers and equipment vendors to develop manufacturable solutions and automation
• Mentor junior engineers and technicians and provide technical leadership across cross-functional teams
• Ensure adherence to cleanroom protocols and contamination control practices

Requirements

• BS or MS in Optical Engineering, Electrical Engineering, Materials Science, Mechanical Engineering, Physics, or a related field
• Typically 8+ years of relevant experience in photonics or optoelectronic process development
• 5+ years with demonstrated ownership of manufacturing process equipment such as die bonders, wire bonders, vacuum reflow systems, active alignment platforms, or laser welding systems

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience with laser diodes, PICs, modulators, detectors, or optical transceivers
• Familiarity with hermetic packaging (butterfly, TO, or micro-optical packages)
• Experience with active alignment systems
• Reliability testing experience (thermal cycling, HTOL, damp heat)
• Knowledge of statistical process control (SPC) and manufacturing metrics
• Experience supporting low- to medium-volume production environments
• Fixture and mechanism design experience in precision systems
• Startup Mindset: Comfortable operating in an evolving environment with changing priorities, motivated by building new capabilities and infrastructure from the ground up, willing to take ownership across multiple technical domains, hands-on and resourceful, with a strong bias toward execution

Pay

The expected annual salary range for this position is $85,000-$125,000.

Schedule

As a full-time employee, you will be eligible for Monarch's comprehensive benefits package, which includes:

• Medical, Dental, and Vision insurance
• Fidelity 401(k) plan with 4% employer matching
• 20 paid time off (PTO) days per year
• 13 paid company holidays
• 9/80 work schedule (every other Friday off)

Benefits

Monarch Quantum is proud to be an equal opportunity employer and does not discriminate on the basis of race, color, citizenship status, national origin, ancestry, sex, sexual orientation, age, religion, creed, physical or mental disability, medical condition, marital status, veteran status or any other characteristics protected under applicable federal, state and local laws.