Process Development Engineer

About Us

It's fun to work in a company where people truly BELIEVE in what they're doing! We're committed to bringing passion and customer focus to the business. If you like wild growth and working with happy, enthusiastic over-achievers, you'll enjoy your career with us!

Qualifications

• Expertise in materials/process engineering: epoxy, solder, metallization, ceramics in laser products
• Experience with manual and automated component attach methods, particularly where high accuracy placement and/or active alignment is required (Diebond/Wirebond/Reflow experience)
• Familiar with six-sigma techniques, e.g., design for manufacturability/reliability (DFx), SPC, GR&R
• Experience of using MRSI, Ficontec machine as a plus
• Knowledge of optics, optical design, tolerance analysis as a plus
• Experience with high-power semiconductor laser devices as a plus
• Experience in conceptual design layout, vendor interaction, package prototyping, testing, and performance characterization
• Education should be MS/PhD in optical, electrical, physical engineering or equivalent with 8+ years’ experience in optoelectronics

Key Responsibilities

• Process development of chip, lens, fiber and other components using solder and/or epoxy.
• Work closely with team members on conceptual design layout, vendor interaction, package prototyping, testing, and performance characterization
• Contributes to failure mode analysis (FMA) and qualification of product
• Perform data analysis utilizing DOE, SPC, and FMEA tools regularly throughout product life cycle
• Generates BOMs, assembly work instructions and engineering reports for new processes/products
• Transfers processes to manufacturing site primarily in Asia
• Plan and execute on schemes to improve product yield and reliability
• Recommends and executes qualification tests for new processes/components

About the Company

Lumentum is illuminating the networks of tomorrow with advanced photonic technologies that enable AI, data centers, telecom, industrial, and sensing applications. As AI accelerates the global demand for bandwidth and energy efficiency, we deliver the building blocks that keep data moving reliably, efficiently, and at massive scale. Our optical products support AI and compute infrastructure, cloud and DCI environments, metro and long-haul networks, while our lasers drive breakthroughs in precision manufacturing and sensing. For nearly five decades, Lumentum has been at the intersection of light and innovation. What began as a vision with JDS Uniphase to harness the power of photonics has evolved into a global force driving the communication infrastructure of tomorrow. At Lumentum, we’re building more than a business—we’re building a team of passionate innovators whose drive to collaborate, create, and connect the world fuels everything we do. We are part of the AI technology revolution and we are illuminating the path forward. Headquartered in San Jose, California, we operate worldwide through a network of R&D, manufacturing, and sales locations.