Sr. Director Systems and Hardware Engineering

5 months ago

San Jose, United States Lumilens Full time

About Lumilens

We are a well-funded start-up backed by Mayfield and industry leaders focused on building the next generation of high-speed photonics products for connectivity of AI infrastructure and High Performance Computing. If you are passionate about photonics and want to work in a rewarding, fast-paced start-up environment, come join us


About the job

We are seeking an experienced Senior Director of Systems and Hardware Engineering to lead our architecture definition and hardware development efforts. You will lead a team of highly experienced professionals requiring a highly experienced leader with a proven track record of delivering optical transceiver products into data center customers. You will lead and develop our engineering capabilities across Lumilens’ family of photonics solutions.


Role responsibilities:

  • Lead a multidisciplinary team of engineers in electrical engineering, mechanical engineering, package development and optical subsystem development
  • Provide leadership for the definition of the system architecture, design, interfaces, risks & tradeoffs to support product development schedules
  • Coordinate with the leadership team to realize the product vision and strategic initiatives consistent with Lumilens’ strategy and goals
  • Responsible for leading initiatives and building team-focused development of the system and subassemblies in collaboration with external partners
  • Collaborate with cross-functional teams on feature specifications, collect requirements from all relevant partners, and make decisions about implementation and resource trade-offs
  • Ensure that product releases successfully meet business needs and that key performance for product performance are defined and met
  • Coordinate with external partners and the internal team to drive the hardware platform development
  • Provide technical leadership, mentorship, and coaching to team members
  • Participate in the management of internal timelines and budgets
  • Communicate project status to escalate issues to high-level management and staff
  • Participate in hiring/disciplinary decisions affecting employees and contractors


Required / Desired knowledge, skills, and abilities:

  • B.S/MS/PhD. in Electrical Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, or related engineering discipline
  • 15+ years’ experience in telecommunications, optoelectronics, or microelectronics development with significant time in management role
  • Demonstrated design of products in the field with Telcordia GR-468 compliance
  • Strong leadership and communication and engineering and project management skills
  • Experienced in managing/leading a diverse team of strong Individual contributors
  • Technical depth to understand concerns and communicate status and resolution to executive leadership team
  • Ability to evaluate candidates, mentor and develop the team and build successful team
  • Able to cooperate in a global matrix organization/multi -site matrixed environment
  • You will be required to spend the majority of time in our San Jose, California location. You should also expect some travel throughout the US and internationally.

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