Senior Engineer / Principal Engineer (Transmit)

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· Positive work environment that prioritizes employee well-being, creating a positive and inclusive work environment that values diversity, equity and inclusion.

Join us as SENIOR / PRINCIPAL PHOTONICS ENGINEER (TRANSMIT) and make an impact!

Be a product owner of POET’s optical engine transmit modules; reports to the Vice President of New Product Development Department. He / She owns the transmit optical engine product from conception, development and through its life cycle. He / She will work together with multi-functional teams within the organisation and partners to ensure product performance and production yield.

Responsibilities:

Product Strategy:

• Work with Sales and Marketing to determine the product requirements needed to fulfil customer and market needs.
• Develop and manage product requirement documents.

Product Development and Introduction:

• Execute product development by utilising and implementing organisation’s product development processes.
• Collaborate with engineering, design, and manufacturing teams to develop new products.
• Ensure products meet technical specifications and quality standards.
• Define manufacturing strategy, test requirements and flow to achieve productivity, yield and quality goals.

1. Data compilation and analysis of test data collected by engineering and production teams, driving yield improvements by identifying root cause of failures and working with other teams to address gaps.
   • Ensure the generation and release of documents for the products required by organisation’s product development phase gates process.
   • Own the success of the product by managing lifecycle from concept to launch

Market Analysis:

• Analyse competitor products and market conditions.
• Identify opportunities for product differentiation and innovation.

Customer Engagement:

• Work closely with sales and marketing teams to promote semiconductor laser products including writing and managing product datasheets and providing information to support making sales collaterals.
• Gather and analyse customer feedback to inform product improvements.
• Provide technical support and training to sales teams and customers.

Project Management:

• Work closely with project manager to ensure the following,
  1. Ensure timely delivery of products and work tasks within budget constraints.
  2. Coordinate cross-functional teams to achieve project goals.
  3. Prioritise company resources to achieve project goals.

Experience, Skillsets and Qualifications:

• Bachelor’s degree in Electrical Engineering, Physics, or a related field.
• 5+ years’ proven product development and manufacturing experience in a relevant industry, preferably in the semiconductor or laser industry.
• Experience in semiconductor device packaging is preferred.
• Experience with optical transceivers for communications and market dynamics is preferred.
• Knowledge of laser characterisation is a must.
• Proficiency in programming, collecting and analysing large data sets utilising Excel is a minimum. JMP, Python, C/C++, Tibco, R, Matlab and labview are preferred.
• Proficiency to draw mask layouts (i.e. K Layout, Layout editor) is preferred.
• Proficiency in simulation tools such as Lumerical FDTD, RSoft, Crosslight, ZEMAX and Solidworks are preferred.
• Strategic thinking, problem-solving abilities and strong attention to detail.
• Effective communication and presentation skills.
• Ability to work collaboratively with cross-functional teams.