Technical Executive Optoelectronics

Description Position at Samtec, Inc Founded in 1976, Samtec is a privately held, $950 million global manufacturer of a broad line of electronic interconnect solutions, including High-Speed Board-to-Board, High-Speed Cables, Mid-Board and Panel Optics, Precision RF, Flexible Stacking, and Micro/Rugged components and cables. Samtec Technology Centers are dedicated to developing and advancing technologies, strategies and products to optimize both the performance and cost of a system from the bare die to an interface 100 meters away, and all interconnect points in between.

With 40+ international locations and products sold in more than 125 different countries, Samtec’s global presence enables its unmatched customer service. Samtec is seeking a Technical Executive for Optoelectronics to join our team. The preferred location is in the Silicon Valley Design Center located in Santa Clara, CA. The secondary location would be the Samtec Vista design center in San Diego/Vista, CA.

The salary range for this position would be in the range of $300 - $400K per year inclusive of Samtec bonuses paid three times per year in February, August and late fall and is commensurate with experience. Our Technical Executive for Optoelectronics is responsible for all engineering in our optoelectronics product group, from research through manufacturing support and across semiconductor devices to firmware.

Such product are primarily mid-board optical transceivers – or – Near Packaged Optics. Managing the “Optics” CTO, this person will assess the technology ecosystem for such projects, determine and set up key collaborations, and manage a roadmap of technologies to support future, product development. The design group is responsible for early product architecture, product concepts, and pre-alpha design, also reporting to this position.

The biggest responsibility is new product development, with a staff consisting of NPD managers and functional managers over the various engineering disciplines required for optical transceiver product development. Materials science, semiconductor physics, EE, RF-optics, SI, ME, optics, thermal, reliability, FW; validation, and qualification. The last group comprises manufacturing process development, new product introduction, failure analysis, manufacturing support, product sustaining, and post-release process optimization.

Please contact us if you have what it takes and are interested to join Samtec’s vaunted culture, with competitive salaries and world-class benefits.

• Collaborate with company owner and heads of engineering, operations, sales, and product line management
• Own Engineering on product group leadership team, with business, sales, product line management, and operations
• Strong leader of people, technology and product development
• With staff and with Optics business leadership, implement technology roadmap and product roadmap
• Assign people to functional roles and project roles
• Continuously grow scalable leadership across product group
• Constantly improve product development and introduction life cycle methods
• Hire, train, and coach engineering leadership staff
• Set priorities and accomplish Objectives and Key Results across all Optics engineering organization
• Continuously improve performance across research, design, development, and support

• Optical communications product technology expert
• Expert in at least one core competence
• Adjacent in all others
• Product development master
• Several cycles from concept to revenue
• System engineering expert
• Integrate competencies across electrical, RF-optics, optical, mechanical, thermal, firmware, validation, reliability qualification, manufacturing processes
• Top-notch critical thinker and problem solver
• Excellent people manager
• Team builder for high degree of collaboration
• PhD + 7y, MS + 9y, BS + 10y
• Electrical Engineering, Physics, Materials Science, Mechanical Engineering, Chemical Engineering
• Success managing medium to large team comprising half-dozen engineering disciplines, including EE, ME, materials science
• Numerous cycles through product development process, from concept to revenue
• Technology expert for…