Senior R&D Operations Lead – Industrialization & Technology Transfer
Overview
As Senior R&D Operations Lead, you bridge engineering prototypes and production-ready products, turning innovative photonic tech into manufacturable, cost-efficient solutions. You will operate at the intersection of Technology Development, Product Development, and Manufacturing Engineering to enable high-volume manufacturing. The role blends hands-on leadership with building a new R&D Operations function and its operating model. You’ll work across cross-functional teams to scale industrialization and drive impactful production transfer.
Retribuzione / Benefits
- flexible work environment
- opportunity to build a new function
- focus on growth and well-being
- belonging and inclusive culture
- equal opportunity employer
Responsabilità
- Advance DFM, DFA, and DFT throughout product development
- Translate prototypes into manufacturable configurations considering process capability, tolerances, yield, and cost
- Identify industrialization risks early and collaborate with engineering to address them
- Coordinate manufacturability reviews and define milestones and acceptance criteria
- Support design optimization for scalable manufacturing architectures
- Design and validate manufacturing, assembly, calibration, and testing processes
- Define process qualification, manufacturing readiness, and production transfer documentation
- Develop manufacturing workflows, tooling requirements, and test methodologies
- Lead technical readiness assessments and address gaps before milestones and release
- Coordinate with foundries, packaging partners, and contract manufacturers
- Evaluate and qualify manufacturing capabilities,
equipment, and processes
- Run engineering builds, pilot production, and process validation campaigns
- Facilitate root-cause investigations and corrective actions during industrialization
- Ensure documentation and qualification results are ready for high-volume transfer
- Contribute to establishing and scaling the R&D; Operations function and its methodology
- Establish processes for industrialization planning, design transfer, and production readiness
- Identify capability gaps and contribute to the function's roadmaps
- Promote a collaborative, execution-oriented culture around manufacturability and continuous improvement
Requisiti fondamentali
- 6+ years in semiconductor, photonics, electronics, or related high-tech manufacturing environments
- Proven experience in industrialization, manufacturing operations, technology transfer
- Experience with semiconductor foundries, contract manufacturers, or specialized partners
- Strong understanding of product development lifecycles and prototype-to-manufacture transition
- Proven cross-functional project management and stakeholder coordination
- Strong analytical, problem-solving, organizational, and communication skills
- Understanding of manufacturing cost structures, planning, and industrial investments
- Ability to work independently and contribute hands-on to process building
- Familiarity with DFM, DFA, DFT, and DFX methodologies
- Fluency in English
- cross-functional leadership
- analytical thinking
- problem-solving
- DFM (Design for Manufacturing)
- DFA (Design for Assembly)
- DFT (Design for Test)
As Senior R&D Operations Lead, you bridge engineering prototypes and production-ready products, turning innovative photonic tech into manufacturable, cost-efficient solutions. You will operate at the intersection of Technology Development, Product Development, and Manufacturing Engineering to enable high-volume manufacturing. The role blends hands-on leadership with building a new R&D Operations function and its operating model. You’ll work across cross-functional teams to scale industrialization and drive impactful production transfer.
Retribuzione / Benefits
- flexible work environment
- opportunity to build a new function
- focus on growth and well-being
- belonging and inclusive culture
- equal opportunity employer
Responsabilità
- Advance DFM, DFA, and DFT throughout product development
- Translate prototypes into manufacturable configurations considering process capability, tolerances, yield, and cost
- Identify industrialization risks early and collaborate with engineering to address them
- Coordinate manufacturability reviews and define milestones and acceptance criteria
- Support design optimization for scalable manufacturing architectures
- Design and validate manufacturing, assembly, calibration, and testing processes
- Define process qualification, manufacturing readiness, and production transfer documentation
- Develop manufacturing workflows, tooling requirements, and test methodologies
- Lead technical readiness assessments and address gaps before milestones and release
- Coordinate with foundries, packaging partners, and contract manufacturers
- Evaluate and qualify manufacturing capabilities,
equipment, and processes
- Run engineering builds, pilot production, and process validation campaigns
- Facilitate root-cause investigations and corrective actions during industrialization
- Ensure documentation and qualification results are ready for high-volume transfer
- Contribute to establishing and scaling the R&D; Operations function and its methodology
- Establish processes for industrialization planning, design transfer, and production readiness
- Identify capability gaps and contribute to the function's roadmaps
- Promote a collaborative, execution-oriented culture around manufacturability and continuous improvement
Requisiti fondamentali
- 6+ years in semiconductor, photonics, electronics, or related high-tech manufacturing environments
- Proven experience in industrialization, manufacturing operations, technology transfer
- Experience with semiconductor foundries, contract manufacturers, or specialized partners
- Strong understanding of product development lifecycles and prototype-to-manufacture transition
- Proven cross-functional project management and stakeholder coordination
- Strong analytical, problem-solving, organizational, and communication skills
- Understanding of manufacturing cost structures, planning, and industrial investments
- Ability to work independently and contribute hands-on to process building
- Familiarity with DFM, DFA, DFT, and DFX methodologies
- Fluency in English
- cross-functional leadership
- analytical thinking
- problem-solving
- DFM (Design for Manufacturing)
- DFA (Design for Assembly)
- DFT (Design for Test)