Title Director of Engineering

Location : Santa Clara, CA
Job Type : Fulltime
Compensation : To be discussed
Description of Responsibilities:

• Manage engineering teams to innovatively develop and enhance product lines.
• Provide technical leadership to company.
• Provide periodic engineering and project status to management.
• Develop plan to optimize product cost and features capabilities.
• Work with collaborators, partners, and vendors to optimize product commercialization.
• Identify related programs and write proposals to secure program funding.
• Integrate with (and improve upon) current company product delivery processes.
• Develop quality metrics and reporting tools to support the efficient execution and control of product development and processes.
• Responsible for overall coordination and integration of project work teams to ensure adherence to policies, achievement of quality targets and delivery on schedule milestones.
• Requirements:
  • 7+ years experience in managing an engineering group across multiple areas, including fiber optic devices, instrumentation, and sensing.
  • Strong work ethic with entrepreneurial attitude for start-up venture.
  • Demonstrated successful leadership of small teams.
  • Experienced in securing and managing government funded programs.
  • Intense focus on execution excellence, with outstanding organization, project management, and process engineering skills.
  • Proven experience in taking an R&D effort to full commercialization.
  • Ability to develop and lead organizations.
  • Strong written and verbal English language communication skills.
  • Ideal candidate is familiar with the optical and electrical instrumentation, optical devices, and networking.
• Education:
  • MS or higher degree is preferred in related fields.

Engineer / Technician

Location : Santa Clara, CA
Job Type : Fulltime
Compensation : To be discussed
Description Responsibilities:

• Provide hands-on product development of fiber optic devices and sensors. This may include design, fabrication, packaging, and testing.
• Integrate analog and digital electronic components into optical sensing system.
• Develop software packages related to system graphical user interface (GUI), system operations, and instrumentation.
• Utilize industry simulation tools for system and application modeling.
• Optimize product hardware cost and current and planned features capabilities.
• Contribute technical material to selected proposals to secure program funding.
• Identify creative solutions to improve system and sensor product offerings.
• Work with engineering and management team to collectively meet market requirements.
• Document engineering work as input for company collateral and patent requirements.
• Coordination with project work teams to ensure adherence to policies, achievement of quality targets and delivery on schedule milestones.
• Requirements: 2+ years experience in successfully:
  • Performing engineering across multiple areas, including fiber optic devices, instrumentation, and sensing.
  • Conducting and analyzing system simulations.
  • Providing practical hands-on problem solving skills.
  • Strong work ethic with entrepreneurial attitude for start-up venture.
  • Demonstrated ability to work in a team environment.
  • Strong written and verbal English language communication skills.
  • Proven experience in developing commercially tested products.
  • Ideal candidate is a team player familiar with the optical and electrical instrumentation, optical devices, and networking.
• Education :
  • Engineering BS or MS degree required in related fields.