Sr Technical Program Manager - Advanced Opto-Electronics

What You Will Do

Lead complex optoelectronic development programs from concept through manufacturing release.

Drive New Project Introduction (NPI) program execution across R&D, reliability, operations, quality, manufacturing, and suppliers.

Maintain program schedules, milestones, risk, and critical path.

Cook up execution across global engineering teams, including internal and external development partners.

Identify technical, operational, and supply chain risks early and drive mitigation plans to closure.

Challenge technical assumptions and facilitate data-driven engineering decisions across cross-functional teams.

Support design and tradeoff discussions involving optical performance, thermal behavior, manufacturability, reliability, yield, and cost.

Conduct technical program reviews to ensure design maturity, qualification readiness, and manufacturing readiness.

Track qualification activities including GR-468, environmental stress testing, accelerated life testing, and customer qualification requirements.

Present concise technical and program status updates to executive leadership and customers.

Who You Are (Basic Qualifications)

• Masters degree required in Physics, Photonics, Electrical Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, Optical Engineering, Materials Science, or related technical field.
• 8+ years of technical program management, engineering program leadership, systems engineering, or related experience in a high-technology environment.
• Technical background in optoelectronics, photonics, semiconductor lasers, fiber optics, optical packaging, or related technologies.
• Solid understanding of product development lifecycles including prototyping, design verification, qualification, and manufacturing release.
• Tech-savvy, highly organized, execution-focused, and comfortable driving difficult technical discussions and challenging unsupported assumptions.
• Experience with structured program management methodologies.
• Experience working with suppliers, contract manufacturers, and global engineering teams.
• Strong technical communication, presentation, organizational, and leadership skills.

What Will Put You Ahead

• PhD preferred.
• Experience with laser diodes, pump lasers, fiber coupling/alignment, optical modules, photonic packaging, or hermetic optoelectronic assemblies strongly preferred.

Pay & Benefits

We anticipate paying $200,000 - $280,000 per year. This role is eligible for variable pay, issued as a monetary bonus or in another form.

Our benefits plan includes - medical, dental, vision, flexible spending and health savings accounts, life insurance, ADD, disability, retirement, paid vacation/time off, educational assistance, and may also include infertility assistance, paid parental leave and adoption assistance.