Senior Manager of Photonics and PCBA Test Engineering, Aeva
$181.1-245k
Plus equity
Office located in Mountain View, CA
4DLiDAR for autonomous naviation
Open for applications
4DLiDAR for autonomous naviation
201-500 employees
Open for applications
$181.1-245k
Plus equity
Office located in Mountain View, CA
201-500 employees
Company mission
To bring the next wave of perception to a broad range of applications from automated driving to industrial robotics, consumer electronics, consumer health, security, and beyond.
Role
Who you are
- The ideal candidate will have a strong background in optics/photonics and automation for high volume manufacturing
- Master’s or PhD degree in optical engineering or a related field
- 10+ years of experience in test and automation engineering, with at least 5 years in mid-level management roles
- Experience in developing custom stations for test and assembly that have been deployed in a high-volume manufacturing environment
- Strong experience in Python, C++ and Labview programming, and agile management of software teams
- Experience working in optics and/or photonics product development
- Experience with PCBA test and design for test for ICT and FCT
- Experience working with industrial robots and handling systems
- Previous experience in leading and managing teams, fostering collaboration, and driving results
- Excellent problem-solving skills, with the ability to analyze complex technical issues and provide effective solutions
- Strong communication and interpersonal skills, capable of working with cross-functional teams and stakeholders
- Proven ability to work in a fast-paced and dynamic environment, managing multiple priorities and projects simultaneously
What the job involves
- We are seeking an experienced manager for the Photonics and PCBA Test Engineering team
- Your team will be responsible for designing and deploying highly automated test stations used in Aeva’s manufacturing line, which includes silicon photonics & laser components and assemblies, optical modules and PCBAs
- Additional responsibilities include development of aligners used in the manufacturing of the Lidar optical module
- Lead the test and automation engineering teams consisting of software development, hardware design and validation
- Lead the development of test stations and optical aligners for Aeva’s LiDAR manufacturing line, including hardware design, automation and integration with factory MES systems
- Influence the design of stations (DfT and DfM) for touch-free assembly in the manufacturing line. This involves driving collaborations with contract manufacturers and equipment vendors to integrate material handling systems and factory automation
- Drive DfT, design and development of PCBA test stations such as ICT and FCT used in our manufacturing line
- Develop the test strategy for the product, working cross-functionally with stakeholders such as the product design, manufacturing, and quality teams to determine test requirements and drive execution of associated projects
- Drive continuous improvement in the manufacturing process by analyzing manufacturing data to identify trends and identify root causes of failures
- Collaborate and influence the product development process and schedules, lead yield reporting and failure analysis process
Our take
The development of self-driving cars presents enormous opportunities for transportation, shipping, and ride-hailing industries, but getting these cars to run flawlessly is difficult. Cameras and radar sensors are used to detect obstacles for safe automated driving, but existing technology does not analyze enough data to meet these expectations.
Aeva builds sensory perception technology that maps the physical world around a vehicle on a granular basis to contribute towards the development of fully self-driving cars. The sensory system relies on what the company describes as being the world’s first 4D LiDAR-on-Chip. This technology comprises sensors that detect objects and events up to 300m away, recognize velocity-per-pixel, and are immune to interference from neighbouring frequencies.
Companies such as Tesla are already developing successful and safe fully self-driving software for their cars, but Aeva's approach to LiDAR presents some serious competition to the existing camera-based technology. Despite further competition from Luminar and Velodyne, Aeva remains unique and has even secured a partnership with NVIDIA to integrate its 4D LiDAR into the DRIVE Hyperion autonomous vehicle platform, placing its technology at the core of how future self-driving cars will see, understand, and safely navigate the road.
Kirsty
Company Specialist at Welcome to the Jungle
Insights
5% employee growth in 12 months
Company
Funding (2 rounds)
Oct 2018
$45m
SERIES A
Jan 2017
$3.5m
SEED
Total funding: $48.5m
Company HQ
Mountain View, CA
Leadership
Soroush Salehian
(Co-Founder & CEO)Studied Mechanical Engineering at Stanford before founding BlueLibris in June 2010. They then spent almost 5 years as an Apple Product Development Manager before co-founding Aeva in January 2017.
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