Process Engineer

Lumentum • Greensboro, NC

25d • $100,000 - $140,000

About The Position

It's fun to work in a company where people truly BELIEVE in what they're doing! We're committed to bringing passion and customer focus to the business. If you like wild growth and working with happy, enthusiastic over-achievers, you'll enjoy your career with us! Lumentum is illuminating the networks of tomorrow with advanced photonic technologies that enable AI, data centers, telecom, industrial, and sensing applications. As AI accelerates the global demand for bandwidth and energy efficiency, we deliver the building blocks that keep data moving reliably, efficiently, and at massive scale. Our optical products support AI and compute infrastructure, cloud and DCI environments, metro and long-haul networks, while our lasers drive breakthroughs in precision manufacturing and sensing. For nearly five decades, Lumentum has been at the intersection of light and innovation. What began as a vision with JDS Uniphase to harness the power of photonics has evolved into a global force driving the communication infrastructure of tomorrow. At Lumentum, we’re building more than a business—we’re building a team of passionate innovators whose drive to collaborate, create, and connect the world fuels everything we do. We are part of the AI technology revolution and we are illuminating the path forward. Headquartered in San Jose, California, we operate worldwide through a network of R&D, manufacturing, and sales locations.

Requirements

• Master’s or Ph.D. in Materials Science, Electrical Engineering, Physics, or a related field.
• 3+ years of hands-on experience operating MOCVD systems (e.g., Aixtron or Veeco platforms).
• Strong background in statistical process control.

Nice To Haves

• Specific experience with optoelectronic devices and an understanding of Quantum Well structures is highly desirable.

Responsibilities

• Epitaxial Growth: Design and execute MOCVD growth runs for compound semiconductor structures.
• Recipe Optimization: Develop and refine growth recipes to achieve precise thickness control, doping profiles, and wavelength uniformity across large-diameter wafers.
• Characterization & Analysis: Analyze epi-wafers using Photoluminescence, XRD, Hall Effect, and SIMS data to correlate growth parameters with device performance.
• Hardware Ownership: Manage MOCVD reactor maintenance, including seasoning, part changes, and troubleshooting hardware issues.
• Yield Improvement: Drive root-cause analysis for defects and implement process controls to maximize High-Volume Manufacturing yields.
• Cross-Functional Collaboration: Partner with Device Design and Fab teams to translate simulation requirements into tangible epitaxial layers.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Mid Level