Manager of Robotic Process Development Engineering

Monarch Quantum•San Diego, CA

About The Position

Join our fast-paced and passionate team as a Manager of Robotic Process Development Engineering. As we scale, you will be instrumental in building our foundation from the ground up. This is a dynamic, hands-on role for a self-starter who thrives in a fluid startup environment. You'll have the opportunity to work on cutting edge technologies, work closely with leadership, and develop and implement engineering practices that support our mission and growth.

Requirements

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Bachelor’s degree in engineering or a related technical field; advanced degree preferred.
8+ years of relevant engineering experience, including experience in optical, photonics, robotics, automation, mechanical engineering, manufacturing, or a closely related field
Demonstrated experience leading and developing multidisciplinary engineering teams, preferably teams consisting of optical, mechanical, robotics, automation, controls, or manufacturing engineers.
Proven ability to translate complex optical and mechanical product designs into executable manufacturing and process-development strategies, including defining process steps, equipment requirements, alignment strategies, critical process parameters, inspection methods, and acceptance criteria.
Demonstrated experience developing and implementing automated processes for precision optical or photonic assemblies, including applications involving robotics, machine vision, precision motion, optical measurement, or closed-loop feedback.
Understanding of optical alignment and photonic assembly processes, including fiber coupling, precision component alignment, optical measurement, alignment sensitivity, tolerancing, and sources of process variation.
Demonstrated experience with process characterization, optimization, and qualification, including appropriate use of tolerance analysis, Design of Experiments (DOE), statistical analysis, root-cause analysis, process capability, and data-driven decision making.
Proven ability to design, build, integrate, and verify automated equipment and processes, with an emphasis on demonstrating repeatability, robustness, and performance before deployment.
Demonstrated success managing multiple concurrent, technically complex engineering programs, balancing technical performance, schedule, resources, and risk.
Experience establishing process verification and validation strategies, including development of test methods, measurement systems, fixtures, instrumentation, and data-analysis methods needed to demonstrate process capability.
Experience developing and utilizing process development kits to influence upstream optical, mechanical, electrical, and software design teams to resolve them.
Strong cross-functional leadership skills and demonstrated ability to work effectively with Optical, Mechanical, Electrical, Software, Manufacturing, Quality, and Operations teams to deliver integrated hardware/software solutions.
Demonstrated ability to use engineering tools for quantitative analysis, programming, instrumentation, measurement, data collection, analysis, and technical documentation.

Nice To Haves

advanced degree preferred

Responsibilities

Recruit, develop and manage a team of robotic process development engineers.
Lead the translation of optical and mechanical product designs into robust, scalable manufacturing processes, including process architecture, equipment requirements, work instructions, process controls, measurement strategies, and verification/validation plans
Partner with Design Engineering to identify design-for-manufacturability and design-for-automation opportunities, resolve process/design conflicts, and ensure products can be reliably built to specification.
Contribute to design, integration, verification and leads transition to production for complex laser and photonic systems.
Create and maintain active optic alignment engineering processes and tools.
Responsible for execution of engineering process development projects from requirement development and architecting to verification, validation and qualification.
As a member of cross-functional leadership team they are responsible for planning and execution of company projects on schedule and to budget.