Vice President, Product Engineering

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Position Summary

Lumentum is establishing a new leadership position and team to provide cross-functional product engineering ownership from early new product introduction (NPI) through the full product lifecycle. The VP, Product Engineering will coordinate product engineering activities across internal and outsourced manufacturing, R&D, wafer fabs, assembly and test operations, ensuring product performance, quality, cost effectiveness, and scalability. The role will lead resolution of product-related issues by mobilizing the appropriate functional expertise.

Key Responsibilities

• Lead cross-functional product engineering support from early NPI through the entire product lifecycle, including transition to high-volume manufacturing and ongoing product optimization.
• Coordinate early NPI readiness and support across internal and external wafer fabs, equipment, test, and manufacturing suppliers.
• Lead product cost management, equipment utilization and methods, associated qualification requirements, and cost and data analyses to inform business and scaling decisions.
• Own and maintain NPI and sustaining product documentation, final product specifications, and alignment of component specifications with product yield and cost trade-offs.
• Oversee test specifications, test waterfall strategies, product sorting methods, and customer test alignment and correlation.
• Evaluate financial trade-offs associated with upstream screening and sorting and address high-volume customer packaging requirements.
• Assess product reliability (REL) and quality risks, working closely with internal reliability and quality teams to maintain appropriate specification alignment.
• Drive continuous optimization of assigned products, balancing product performance, manufacturing yield, quality, and cost.
• Assume first-level ownership of product-related issues and mobilize cross-functional teams to achieve timely, effective resolution.

Qualifications & Experience

Required

• M.S. or Ph.D. in Electrical Engineering, Physics, Materials Science, Chemical Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, or a related technical field.
• 15+ years of relevant technology development and/or manufacturing operations experience.
• Deep experience across optical product development and manufacturing operations, including both internal manufacturing and outsourced production.
• Broad technical understanding of products, technologies, processes, and the interaction between product engineering, test, reliability, quality, and manufacturing.

Highly Desirable

• Experience leading a large cross-functional product engineering organization.
• Experience in silicon and compound semiconductor wafer fabrication, complementing strong post-fab manufacturing expertise.
• Understanding of increasing integration between wafer fabrication, final assembly, and test.

Leadership Attributes

• Confidence and broad technical judgment across different products, technologies, and processes.
• Strong structured problem-solving skills, with the ability to quickly engage the right functional expertise.
• Strong sense of urgency, purpose, and accountability for issue resolution.
• Highly data-driven and detail-oriented decision-making.
• Ability to build effective relationships and collaborate across technical and operational teams.
• Fair, firm, and effective management style.

We are an equal opportunity employer and value diversity at our company.

We do not discriminate on the basis of race, religion, color, national origin, sex, gender, gender expression, sexual orientation, age, marital status, veteran status, or disability status.

We will ensure that individuals with disabilities are provided reasonable accommodation to participate in the job application or interview process, to perform essential job functions, and to receive other benefits and privileges of employment.

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