Job Description

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About Lumentum:

Lumentum Holdings Inc. is a designer and manufacturer of optical and photonic products enabling optical networking and laser applications worldwide. Its segments include Cloud & Networking and Industrial Tech. The Cloud & Networking segment products include a comprehensive portfolio of optical and photonic components, modules, and subsystems supplied to cloud and communications network operators and network equipment manufacturers building cloud data center infrastructure, including products for artificial intelligence and machine learning (AI/ML) and data center interconnect (DCI) applications, and communications service provider networks, including products for access (local), metro (intracity), long-haul (city-to-city and worldwide), and submarine (undersea) network infrastructure. The Industrial Tech segment products include solid-state lasers, kilowatt-class fiber lasers, diode lasers, ultrafast lasers, and gas lasers, which address applications in numerous end-markets.

Reliability engineering, reliability evaluation, physics-of-failure study, and formal qualification of optoelectronic chips (III-V, SiPho).

Assessment/evaluation of semiconductor and optical component ageing characteristics, failure modes & associated risks.

Customer interfacing on reliability documentation and reliability work based on solid knowledge of physics-of-failures.

Working closely with design, process, product and quality teams to conduct root cause investigation and reliability analysis of field returns

Definition and implementation of optical component qualification programmes.

Problem solving, test engineering, testing and statistical data analysis.

JOB PURPOSE:

• Reliability engineering, physics-of-failure study, and formal qualification of InP and SiP chips

KEY RESPONSIBILITIES:

• Definition and implementation of optical component reliability qualification programmes.
• Assessment of optoelectronic component ageing characteristics, extracting failure mode specific degradation model & quantifying risks.
• Customer interfacing on reliability documentation and reliability work based on solid knowledge of physics-of-failures.
• Problem solving, test and characterisation engineering, and statistical data analysis.

KEY RELATIONSHIPS:

• Assessment of reliability risks and the rapid verification of product reliability to the satisfaction of both internal and external customers.
• Close working collaboration with chip design, process engineering, test engineering, product engineering, quality engineering and other downstream internal and external customers.

Education/Qualification - Minimum:

• Masters degree in Applied Physics, Electrical Engineering, Material Science or similar related discipline. Strong academic background is essential.

Skills/Competencies Essential:

A minimum of 5 years experience in Semiconductor Optoelectronics with demonstrable competencies in the following:

• Experience in opto-electronic component reliability and qualification, including programme definition, planning and implementation.
• Comprehensive knowledge of optoelectronic-specific failure modes in , lasers, photodetector, modulators, resistors, waveguides and fibre coupling.
• Hands-on experience on accelerated life testing and life-prediction of opto-electronic devices using reliability modeling using statistical software packages: Reliasoft/Weibull++, JMP, Minitab, Python.
• Demonstrated ability use Design for Reliability, FMEA, and FTA frameworks.
• Excellent report writing and presentation skills, able to robustly defend data analysis and conclusions.

Skills/Competencies Desirable:

• PhD in Applied Physics, Electrical Engineering, Material Science or similar related discipline
• Experience in fabrication and process engineering with an understanding of how design and manufacturing variables influence reliability performance.
• Experience in test instrumentation engineering for die level characterisation and experience in C/C#, and Python.
• Experience in using root-cause analysis using Electroluminescence, FIB, SEM/TEM and EDX.
• Experience in Opto-electronic component design and applicability in design for reliability using COMSOL or Ansys.
• Experience in deploying Machine Learning models for large reliability datasets.
• Experience with customer communications on matters of reliability and qualification is beneficial.
• Experience in mentoring is desirable.

OTHER REQUIREMENTS

• Good interpersonal and project management skills.
• Willing & able to pro-actively engage with other groups within the company both verbally and via written communication.
• Ability to travel worldwide to visit customers to discuss reliability work.
• Self-motivated, energetic, able to work to deadlines.
• The flexibility to cope with rapidly changing objectives.

Equal opportunities:

Lumentum is committed to equal opportunities and actively seeks applications from all sectors of the community irrespective of sex, race, colour, nationality, ethnic or national origin, disability, marital status, sexual orientation, having responsibility for dependents, age, religion/beliefs, or any other reason which cannot be shown to be justified.

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.

Please contact us to request accommodation.