Principal Product Engineer - NPI (CPO and Optical Pluggables)
Core
Drive NPI to high volume production lifecycle, yield improvement, and manufacturing intelligence for next generation highly integrated optical transceivers and co-packaged optics.
Role type
Principal Product Engineer (NPI)
Builds
Next generation highly integrated optical transceivers and co-packaged optics
Domain
Semiconductor / Photonics / Optical Communications
Deliverable
production ML models | product features | dashboards & analysis | infrastructure
Required skills
Silicon Photonics, co-packaged optics, high-speed components (lasers, detectors, modulators), manufacturing process development, DfM, PFMEA, yield roadmaps, cost analysis, automated yield monitoring, database querying
Preferred skills
JMP Scripting, Python, SQL, module/device testing/characterization, volume production transfer
Technologies
JMP, Python, SQL
Responsibilities
Early involvement in NPI with focus on manufacturing process development; Define and champion DfM requirements across cross-functional teams; Own the transition of advanced optical designs into high-volume production; Own overall yield roadmaps, cost analysis, and continuously yield improvement
Seniority
Principal, hands-on IC