Job Description

Position Summary

Lead the end-to-end NPI and industrialization of photonics products from development to volume manufacturing, driving cross-functional execution with R&D, Engineering, CMs, and OSATs to ensure manufacturing readiness and achieve quality, yield, cost, and timeline targets.

Key Responsibilities

Lead the end-to-end NPI strategy and execution for photonics products, from design transfer and process development through qualification and volume ramp.
Lead cross-functional teams across R&D, product engineering, manufacturing, quality, reliability, supply chain, and operations to ensure timely and successful product launches.
Partner with CMs and OSATs across Asia to drive NPI builds, process qualification, tooling, manufacturing readiness, yield improvement, and production ramp-up.
Establish scalable manufacturing and test processes, ensuring product, process, equipment, tooling, and supply chain readiness for volume production.
Define and track NPI KPIs covering yield, quality, cost, cycle time, and schedule lead root-cause analysis and corrective actions to resolve manufacturing and process issues.
Identify and mitigate technical, supply, quality, and schedule risks ensure qualification, reliability, audit, and production-readiness requirements are met for product release.
Build and lead a high-performing NPI organization while developing capabilities in product transfer, process development, manufacturing ramp, and operational excellence.

Key Requirements

Bachelor's or Master's degree in Engineering, Physics, Photonics, or a related technical discipline, with strong knowledge of photonics, optoelectronics, semiconductors, or advanced packaging.
15+ years of engineering, manufacturing, operations, or related experience, including 5-8+ years leading NPI programs and production ramps.
Strong understanding of design transfer, process development, assembly, packaging, testing, qualification, yield ramp, and volume manufacturing.
Proven experience managing CMs and OSATs, preferably within Asia-based manufacturing environments, including partner selection, qualification, performance management, and ramp-up.
Demonstrated ability to lead complex cross-functional programs, manage senior stakeholders, drive problem resolution, and deliver products against quality, cost, yield, and time-to-market objectives.