VP, Advanced Development

Key Responsibilities

• Lead research organization composed of Principal Investigators, senior technical leaders, and industry-recognized experts
• Define and execute a multi-year research roadmap aligned with company priorities in datacenter and communications, materials, industrial, and emerging technologies
• Sustain and build on a culture of technical rigor, ownership, innovation, and delivery
• Drive alignment and execution across highly experienced, largely self-directed technical leaders
• Oversee a portfolio of research programs, including prioritization and resource allocation, ensuring research investments deliver measurable technical outcomes aligned with corporate strategy
• Drive development of key technologies from concept through proof of feasibility
• Deliver industry-leading demonstrations and proofs-of-concept that validate performance, scalability, and integration
• Identify and incubate new technologies emerging from research
• Define clear paths for technologies: advance, partner, monitor, or discontinue
• Transition successful technologies to Business Groups
• Drive adoption of advanced R&D capabilities, including simulation and AI-enabled tools and workflows
• Maintain a company-wide view of technology capabilities versus future requirements
• Identify and close gaps between research, product roadmaps, and anticipated needs
• Ensure alignment between internal research priorities and external system and market direction
• Evaluate external technologies and acquisition targets, providing build vs. buy vs. partner recommendations

Qualifications

• PhD in Electrical Engineering, Physics, Materials Science, or related field
• 15+ years of experience in photonics or optical communications
• Deep expertise in datacenter and communications systems and optical technologies
• Strong understanding of complex devices such as CW lasers, EMLs, silicon photonics, tunable lasers, and IQ modulators
• Proven track record leading research or advanced development teams
• Experience leading organizations composed of senior technical leaders or equivalent
• Experience translating research into product results
• Experience with advanced packaging is beneficial but not required