Lead Supplier Quality Engineer – Optical Transceiver Products

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Full-time, Existing vacancy

San-Jose (On-Site)

At Lumentum, we’re building the tech behind the world’s fastest networks and most advanced systems. Our optical and photonic solutions power everything from AI and cloud computing to data centers, telecom, and advanced manufacturing.

We’re a global team of innovators working where light meets technology, solving big challenges that keep the world connected and moving forward. If shaping the future of connectivity excites you, you’ll fit right in.

Lumentum is seeking an experienced Lead Supplier Quality Engineer (SQE) to drive supplier quality excellence for our industry-leading optical transceiver portfolio supporting next‑generation AI clusters, hyperscale cloud data centers, enterprise networking, and high‑speed optical communications.

As the Prime SQE for the Transceiver products, you will partner closely with Product Engineering, Commodity Management, Global Sourcing, Manufacturing, Reliability Engineering, and strategic suppliers to ensure supplier capability, manufacturing readiness, and product quality throughout the entire product lifecycle—from technology development and supplier selection through New Product Introduction (NPI), production ramp, and sustaining manufacturing.

This role is ideal for a technically strong engineer who understands high‑speed optical transceiver products, supplier manufacturing technologies, and complex product development. Success requires the ability to influence technical decisions across global organizations and develop supplier capabilities that enable innovation, scalability, and world‑class product quality.

• Serve as the Prime Supplier Quality Engineer for the Business Unit.
• Own the supplier quality strategy supporting the Transceiver product roadmap.
• Provide supplier quality leadership throughout the complete product lifecycle, from concept development through sustaining production.
• Partner with Product Engineering, and Commodity Management to influence supplier selection, technology roadmaps, manufacturing strategy, and supplier capability development.
• Support multiple concurrent NPI programs while balancing business priorities and supplier readiness.

• Lead supplier qualification, manufacturing capability assessments, process audits, and supplier readiness evaluations.
• Evaluate supplier manufacturing maturity, process capability, capacity, scalability, and operational excellence.
• Develop supplier improvement roadmaps that improve quality, yield, process capability, and manufacturing robustness.
• Identify supplier risks and develop mitigation strategies supporting business continuity, supply resiliency, and product quality.
• Drive Lean Manufacturing and Six Sigma initiatives with strategic suppliers.

• Partner with Product Development, Component Engineering, Manufacturing Engineering, and Program Management to ensure supplier readiness for new product introductions.
• Participate in Design Reviews and Design for Manufacturability (DFM), and Design for Excellence (DFX) activities with Engineering and suppliers.
• Lead supplier process qualification, First Article Inspection (FAI), process validation, and production readiness activities.
• Support production ramp, supplier transfers, manufacturing transfers, localization projects, and capacity expansion initiatives.
• Ensure suppliers meet quality, reliability, manufacturability, and delivery requirements prior to production release.

• Act as the primary technical quality interface between Lumentum and strategic suppliers.
• Influence engineering and supplier decisions without direct authority.
• Lead supplier technical reviews, quality reviews, and…