Optics Product Manufacturing Engineer

Job Title: Optics Product Manufacturing Engineer

Salary: $130,000 to $150,000 base salary + bonus (can be improved based on experience)

Irving Knight are partnered with a global leader in the interconnect industry. Their Optical Group specializing in industry-leading mid-board optical transceivers and co-packaged optics designed to solve the physical limitations of copper over distance. They are seeking an experience Optics Product Manufacturing Engineer.

Key Responsibilities:

• Contribute to product development through Design For Manufacturing and Design For Test
• Join product development team at the Alpha to Beta transition to ensure design is well documented and has sufficient margin for performance validation, reliability qualification, production ramp, and manufacturing yield
• Collaborate with Process Engineering teams to develop and Implement control plans and manufacturing tests to ensure production satisfies market needs
• Partner with production and supply chain teams to transition designs into scalable manufacturing processes, ensuring compliance with industry standards
• Own design integrity for product after transition from Beta to production. Maintain the set of product requirements and design artifacts and coordinate engineering change management post product release.
• Troubleshoot and resolve technical challenges related to optoelectronic performance.
• Track engineering orders through product development lifecycle to ensure delivery of new optoelectronic products on schedule and within cost targets

Requirements:

• Understanding of industry standard manufacturing and assembly processes, such as PCB manufacturing (plating, solder mask, SMT), epoxy dispense and cure, wire bonding, etc, their operation and common failure modes.
• Demonstratable reasoning skills. Hands-on problem solving with experience in the use of FMEA, SPC, DOE, phase gate processes
• Working knowledge of mechanical design, interpretation of drawings, CTQ and tolerance analysis (GD&T).
• Bachelor’s degree in Mechanical Engineering, Electrical Engineering, Materials Engineering, Physics or a related field is required.