Principal Member of Technical Staff, LCM Advanced Packaging & Manufacturing Engineer

Supplier Engagement & Project Management

Own technical engagement and production support with OSATs, LCOS assembly, optical sub-assembly and test vendors, and wafer fab partners

Drive supplier project plans, schedules, deliverables, and risk mitigation to ensure on-time execution

Travel 50% of time to supplier sites across Taiwan and China to ensure alignment, troubleshoot issues, and remove execution barriers

Support customer fulfillment while helping define and implement long-term volume ramp strategy

Coordinate cross-functional escalation and decision-making between internal teams and suppliers to keep NPI and production activities on track

NPI & Technical Execution

Lead NPI assembly process development for LCM-based optical modules, transitioning from low-volume builds to scalable production

Define, develop, and qualify advanced packaging architectures (e.g., flip-chip, wafer-level assembly, fan-out, CoC using ACF, TCB, LAB)

Collect, consolidate, and communicate Design for Manufacturability (DFM) feedback from suppliers

Serve as the on-site production test interface between Taiwan suppliers and Lumotive’s in-house test team; provide Level 1 troubleshooting support, triage hardware/software interactions, and escalate issues with clear documentation

Guide suppliers and the Lumotive test team on manufacturing test best practices for a production environment, including test coverage strategy, yield tracking, and test station readiness criteria

Provide inspection and failure analysis (FA) feedback to drive supplier corrective actions for prototype and production builds

Establish build readiness criteria and support qualification activities for new processes, tooling, and suppliers

Documentation, Quality & Continuous Improvement

Contribute to design reviews and Technical Data Package creation

Apply configuration management and quality best practices internally and with suppliers for change management, RMA, SCAR, CAPPA, and related workflows

Develop and maintain assembly instructions, inspection plans, SOPs, and manufacturing documentation

Drive yield improvement, process optimization, and cost reduction across the supply chain

Monitor supplier readiness, process capability, and production risk to support successful product ramps

Own production test environments; provide Level 1 troubleshooting, support hardware/software interactions at the test station, and act as an effective on-site liaison with Lumotive’s test engineering team