Lead Manufacturing Engineer, Mesh Optical (Starmind)

• ◆Own manufacturing engineering strategy and production execution across the factory, including line scaling, capacity planning, and production readiness for new products
• ◆Design and scale automated production cells for precision electro-mechanical and optical assemblies, integrating robotics, alignment systems, inspection, and test automation
• ◆Own product-to-manufacturing handoff in partnership with mechanical, process, and optical engineering teams, driving design-for-manufacturability and design-for-assembly feedback into product development
• ◆Define and evolve production workflows, material flow, line layout, and inventory and traceability systems to support increasing volume and product complexity
• ◆Lead hardware-side MES integration and factory data system development, ensuring production data supports real-time decision-making, traceability, and continuous improvement
• ◆Own factory performance metrics—yield, scrap, throughput, uptime, cycle time, and reliability—and drive systematic improvement against targets
• ◆Build, lead, and develop the manufacturing engineering organization, including production engineering and production leadership roles, scaling the team in step with factory growth
• ◆Partner with supply chain and procurement to qualify incoming materials and components and ensure supplier quality supports production yield targets
• ◆Establish and maintain manufacturing process documentation, control plans, and qualification procedures

• ✓Bachelor’s degree in an engineering discipline
• ✓5+ years of experience working with automated integration lines, high volume electronics manufacturing or similar
• ✓1+ years of experience leading a team of engineers, either as a project leader or as a leader in professional environment with direct reports

• ✓Experience with micron-scale assembly, optical alignment, or die/chip-level packaging processes
• ✓Experience hiring, mentoring, and organizational development of engineering team
• ✓Experience implementing or evolving MES and production data systems
• ✓Strong analytical and problem-solving skills with a data-driven approach to factory performance
• ✓Demonstrated ownership of yield and ramp performance in complex hardware manufacturing environments
• ✓Proven experience scaling automated production lines beyond pilot and NPI into sustained high-volume manufacturing
• ✓Background in semiconductor, photonic, advanced packaging, or precision electro-optical manufacturing
• ✓Experience scaling manufacturing operations in high-growth hardware companies, including standing up new lines or new factories
• ✓Experience with factory automation architectures, including integration of robotic handling, machine vision, and in-line metrology
• ✓Familiarity with statistical process control, process capability analysis, and reliability qualification methodologies
• ✓Experience managing relationships with equipment vendors and integrators for custom or semi-custom production tooling
• ✓Experience with cleanroom or controlled-environment manufacturing operations

• ✓Available to work extended hours and/or weekends as needed
• ✓Willingness to travel as needed

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