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Lumentum

Product Engineer

full-time•San Jose•$108k - $155k

Summary

Location

San Jose

Salary

$108k - $155k

Type

full-time

Experience

5-10 years

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About this role

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!

We are looking for a self-motivated, data oriented Senior or Staff Product Engineer based in San Jose, Ridder Park. This Product Engineer will be responsible for overseeing new chip product introduction, production ramp, yield sustaining and improvement in foundries to support Lumentum’s business needs and demand in 3D sensing business.

In this position you will:

  • Drive yield improvement and product cost reduction post production ramp from VCSEL or EEL (Edge emitting laser) in foundries
  • Perform statistical data analysis and trouble shoot potential root causes for yield excursion in foundries
  • Run process vs product parameter correlation to understand process/product margin and drive improvement
  • Monitor and review day-to-day operations with foundries to meet quality and delivery goals
  • Run process vs product parameter correlation to understand process/product margin and drive improvement
  • Drive yield improvement and product cost reduction post production ramp in foundries
  • Engineering material disposition
  • Support failure analysis for production and RMA
  • Support closure of quality cases and enforcement of foundry quality improvement
  • Failure analysis for NPI and sustaining products and RMA
  • Engineering material disposition at wafer acceptance test
  • Co-ordinate with R&D, Product Engineering, process integration and contract manufacturer and collect necessary information to provide faster response to the customer for field failures

Requirements

  • MS or PhD in electrical engineering, materials science, applied physics, or other relevant fields.
  • Deep understanding of semiconductor device process/physics
  • Strong statistical data analysis skill and experience are highly desired (JMP or Minitab etc.)
  • 3+ years of hands-on experience in device design, wafer process, device assembly, and testing for either optoelectronics or semiconductor devices
  • Knowledge of III-V epi design and growth and experience with VCSEL or EEL is a plus
  • Familiarity with foundry operation models
  • Familiarity with failure analysis tools of semiconductor devices

Pay Range:

P60-USA-1 :$108,800.00 - $155,400.00

Disclaimer:

Final base salary for the successful candidate will depend on multiple factors, including but not limited to, job location, where work will be performed, qualifications, work history and relevant experience. With our continual goal of making Lumentum a best place to work for our employees, we strive to offer employees competitive total compensation packages, which may include annual bonus, commission for certain sales roles, equity, and health and welfare benefits.

What you'll do

  • The Product Engineer will oversee new chip product introduction, production ramp, and yield sustaining and improvement in foundries. They will drive yield improvement and product cost reduction while performing statistical data analysis and troubleshooting yield excursions.

About Lumentum

Lumentum (NASDAQ: LITE) is a market-leading designer and manufacturer of innovative optical and photonic products enabling optical networking and laser applications worldwide. Lumentum optical components and subsystems are part of virtually every type of telecom, enterprise, and data center network. Lumentum lasers enable advanced manufacturing techniques and diverse applications including next-generation 3D sensing capabilities. Lumentum is headquartered in San Jose, California with R&D, manufacturing, and sales offices worldwide.

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