Senior Director of Engineering

Senior Director – Applications Engineering (Photonic Solutions)

Full Time

Onsite in the Bay Area, CA

Highly flexible and Highly competitive Compensation package (open to discussion for the right candidate)

Up to 25-30% travel

Working with top-tier hyperscale and optical customers only

Things that set this role apart-

• Strong financial backing and growth opportunity
• High visibility role with meaningful industry impact
• Work with top global customers
• “Ground floor” of a scaling business within a large platform
• Customer relationships already established — focus is on technical expertise, not sales networks
• Opportunity to build and lead a team as business grows

Initial Responsibilities

• Engage directly with key customers on technical topics
• Present and demonstrate photonic components
• Translate customer requirements into internal engineering feedback
• Address technical issues and support problem resolution
• Perform hands-on lab work including debugging, validation, and demos
• Support customer design cycles (guidance, not full system design ownership)
• Coordinate with internal engineering and subject matter experts
• Manage technical customer engagements end-to-end

Must-Have Strong hands-on photonic component experience, including:

• Lasers (especially laser chips preferred)
• Modulators
• Optical receivers
• TIAs
• Photodetectors
• PICs (photonic integrated circuits)