Full-Time

Senior Manufacturing Engineer

Posted on 9/6/2025

AEye

AEye

51-200 employees

Autonomous vehicle LiDAR perception platform provider

Compensation Overview

$135k - $160k/yr

Pleasanton, CA, USA

In Person

Onsite 3-4 days per week at our Pleasanton, CA office.

Category
Mechanical Engineering (1)
Requirements
  • Bachelor’s degree in an Engineering discipline (Mechanical, Manufacturing, Electrical, or related)
  • 10+ years of experience in manufacturing engineering roles, ideally across both start-up and mid-size companies
  • Proven leadership experience in highly complex technology products life cycle from design to NPI and volume manufacturing
  • Deep knowledge of manufacturing processes involving MEMS, PCBs, optics, plastics, and metal castings/machining
  • Proficiency with MRP/ERP, MES, and QMS systems
  • Strong ability to interpret complex engineering drawings, specs, and technical documentation
  • Excellent cross-functional communication skills, both verbal and written
  • Certified Laser Safety Officer or equivalent training/experience
  • Willingness and ability to travel domestically and internationally
  • Ability to lift up to 50lbs
  • Onsite a minimum of 3-4 days per week at our offices in Pleasanton, CA
Responsibilities
  • Prototype & Pilot Line Leadership: Oversee execution of low-volume production at the Pleasanton pilot facility
  • Supervise and mentor manufacturing technicians
  • Serve as the Laser Safety Officer (LSO) with authority to evaluate, monitor, and enforce laser hazard controls
  • Manufacturing Transfer & External Collaboration: Drive transfer of build processes from pilot to contract manufacturers (CMs/EMS)
  • Collaborate with EMS partners to establish stable, scalable, and cost-effective manufacturing processes
  • Ensure alignment with project milestones for C-sample readiness and beyond
  • Process Development & Documentation: Create and maintain work instructions, SOPs, calibration and assembly guides, and validation reports
  • Issue and manage MCOs/ECOs for process and product changes
  • Implement and manage MES systems for traceability and control
  • Continuous Improvement: Identify and implement improvements in processes, tooling, and test methods to enhance quality, safety, and efficiency
  • Support design-for-manufacturing (DFM) input early in the product lifecycle
  • Support implementation of a resilient global supply chain working closely with Aeye team members
  • Manage MRB (Material Review Board) for discrepant materials and process issues
Desired Qualifications
  • Direct experience with LiDAR or optical sensing products
  • Exposure to automotive industry standards (e.g., ISO 9001, IATF 16949)
  • Experience working in high-pressure start-up environments with rapid iteration cycles
  • Working with major Tier-1 /EMS vendors in far east such
  • Six Sigma certification
  • SolidWorks certification or equivalent CAD expertise

AEye designs and sells LiDAR-based perception systems for autonomous vehicles. Its iDAR platform combines 2D/3D sensing with solid-state LiDAR and software to interpret scenes in real time. The system integrates hardware and perception software as one package, sold or licensed to automakers and tech companies with ongoing service agreements. Its goal is to improve LiDAR range and reliability to make autonomous driving safer and more efficient.

Company Size

51-200

Company Stage

IPO

Headquarters

Dublin, California

Founded

2013

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Simplify's Take

What believers are saying

  • Strategic partnerships with NVIDIA, Vueron, and SynTech expand Apollo’s reach into automotive, infrastructure, and defense markets.
  • Record Apollo shipments and 16 active customers signal growing traction ahead of a projected $63.1M revenue run rate by 2028.
  • A capital-light manufacturing model with a Tier-1 partner enables scalable production to tens of thousands of units annually.

What critics are saying

  • AEye burned $30–35M in 2026 against only $233K in 2025 revenue, threatening runway before 2028 without rapid monetization.
  • Automotive OEM design wins remain limited, exposing the company to long procurement cycles and delayed volume production.
  • Dependence on NVIDIA DRIVE Thor and Vueron perception software creates single‑point‑of‑failure and margin‑dilution risks in AEye’s core stack.

What makes AEye unique

  • AEye’s software-defined Apollo and Stratos lidar deliver 1–1.5 km detection in a palm-sized form factor.
  • Its OPTIS full-stack platform fuses lidar, perception, and AI compute into a single intelligent sensing solution.
  • AEye’s adaptive perception uses AI to prioritize hazards faster and farther than conventional lidar or cameras.

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Growth & Insights and Company News

Headcount

6 month growth

-2%

1 year growth

-2%

2 year growth

-26%
Yahoo Finance
Mar 22nd, 2026
AEye joins NVIDIA Halos safety lab to strengthen lidar compliance credentials amid $34M annual loss

AEye has joined NVIDIA's Halos AI Systems Inspection Lab, an ANAB-accredited programme integrating functional safety, cybersecurity, AI and regulatory compliance across NVIDIA DRIVE platforms. The collaboration aims to align AEye's Apollo, STRATOS and OPTIS lidar solutions with automotive and infrastructure safety frameworks. Despite the technical credibility boost, AEye's financial position remains challenging. The company reported full-year 2025 sales of just $233,000 against a net loss of $33.96 million. The partnership enhances ecosystem credibility but does not immediately address revenue generation concerns or ongoing cash burn. AEye's narrative projects $63.1 million revenue by 2028, requiring 602.7% annual revenue growth. Simply Wall St community fair value estimates range from $0.00 to $6.00 per share, reflecting divergent expectations about the company's ability to convert safety credentials into sustained revenue.

Yahoo Finance
Mar 17th, 2026
AEye grows customer base to 16 with $86.5M cash despite $7.3M Q4 loss

AEye Inc has expanded its customer base from 12 to 16 active customers and ended 2025 with $86.5 million in cash. The lidar sensor company reported a GAAP net loss of $7.3 million in Q4 2025, whilst non-GAAP net loss reached $6.8 million. The company launched several new products, including the STRATOS LiDAR sensor offering 1.5-kilometre detection range, and secured a strategic partnership with NVIDIA. AEye shipped record Apollo units during Q4 2025. However, cash burn increased to $7.5 million in Q4 from $6.4 million in Q3, driven by higher engineering and contract development costs. The company expects cash burn of $30 million to $35 million for 2026, with its current cash providing runway into 2028.

Business Wire
Mar 2nd, 2026
AEye to Participate in Bank of America's 2026 Global Automotive Summit

AEye to participate in Bank of America's 2026 Global Automotive Summit. PLEASANTON, Calif.-(BUSINESS WIRE)-AEye, Inc. (Nasdaq: LIDR), a global leader in software-defined, high-performance lidar solutions, today announced CEO Matt Fisch and CFO Conor Tierney will participate in the following invite-only, institutional investor conference: Bank of America's 2026 Global Automotive Summit Location: New York, NY Dates: Tuesday, March 17 - Wednesday, March 18 Format: One-on-one and small group meetings If you plan to attend this conference and wish to meet with AEye management, please contact your Bank of America sales representative, or the company directly at [email protected]. The latest investor materials are available under the Investor Relations section of AEye's website at https://investors.aeye.ai/investor-relations. About AEye AEye offers a suite of unique software-defined lidar solutions that address a wide range of real-world needs including advanced driver-assistance, vehicle autonomy, smart infrastructure, security, defense, and logistics applications. AEye's flagship product, Apollo(TM), has been widely recognized for its small form factor and its ability to detect objects at up to one kilometer. In addition to Apollo(TM), AEye also offers Stratos(TM) with the ability to detect objects at up to one-and-half kilometers as well as a full-stack solution through its OPTIS(TM) platform. OPTIS(TM) provides a complete system that captures a high-resolution 3D image of the world, interprets it, and provides direction to act upon what it sees in real-time. Contacts. Investor Relations AEye, Inc. Investor Relations [email protected] 925-400-4366 Media Relations Alliance Advisors IR Fatema Bhabrawala [email protected] 647-620-5002 More News From AEye, Inc. PLEASANTON, Calif.-( BUSINESS WIRE )-AEye, Inc. (Nasdaq: LIDR), a global leader in software-defined, high-performance lidar solutions, today announced that it will release its 2025 fourth quarter and full year financial results, after market close on Monday, March 16, 2026. A conference call and webcast will be held on the same day, at 2:00 p.m. Pacific Time (5:00 p.m. Eastern Time). During the call, AEye CEO Matt Fisch and CFO Conor Tierney will review the company's financial results and provi...

Automotive World
Jan 14th, 2026
AEye partners with Vueron on lidar perception

AEye partners with Vueron on lidar perception. AEye has partnered with Vueron to integrate the latter's real-time 3D perception software into its Optis lidar ecosystem AEye has announced a strategic partnership with Vueron to integrate the latter's real-time 3D perception software into the Optis ecosystem. The collaboration pairs AEye's Apollo lidar sensor, which can detect objects at distances up to one kilometre, with Vueron's perception technology to target applications spanning advanced driver assistance systems (ADAS), autonomous driving, intelligent transportation systems, mining, rail safety and perimeter security. In a statement, Matt Fisch, Chief Executive of AEye, said: "By combining AEye's Apollo lidar - capable of detecting objects at distances of up to one kilometer - with Vueron's dynamic perception technology, we are delivering a highly scalable and intelligent sensing solution to address the needs of multiple markets." Joseph Kim, Chief Executive of Vueron, added: "AEye's top performing Apollo lidar pairs naturally with our dynamic perception technology to deliver intelligent, long-range sensing for moving vehicles. Together, through Optis, we're enabling scalable solutions for automotive ADAS and autonomy, as well as intelligent transportation and critical infrastructure applications."

01Net Italy
Jan 6th, 2026
AEye to Showcase Apollo One Kilometer Lidar Integrated with NVIDIA AGX DRIVE Thor(TM) at CES to Enable Next-Generation Physical AI

AEye to showcase Apollo one kilometer lidar integrated with NVIDIA AGX DRIVE Thor(TM) at CES to enable next-generation physical AI. PLEASANTON, Calif.-(BUSINESS WIRE)-AEye, Inc. (Nasdaq: LIDR), a global leader in software-defined lidar solutions, today announced the integration of its long-range Apollo lidar with the NVIDIA AGX DRIVE Thor(TM) automotive computing platform, to enable high-performance sensing and perception for next-generation physical AI systems. The integration combines AEye's long-range, software-defined Apollo lidar with NVIDIA's Thor centralized AI compute, delivering a scalable architecture for advanced driver assistance systems (ADAS), autonomous vehicles, and intelligent mobility applications. By pairing Apollo's high-resolution, one-kilometer detection capability with NVIDIA's real-time AI processing, the solution enables faster, more accurate object detection and decision-making at highway speeds and beyond. "Physical AI systems demand both long-range visibility and intelligent, real-time interpretation of the environment," said Matt Fisch, CEO of AEye. "By integrating Apollo with NVIDIA AGX DRIVE Thor(TM), we're delivering one of the most powerful sensing and compute combinations to help OEMs and system developers build safer, more capable platforms with fewer sensors, lower complexity, and a clear path to scale." The combined solution should support a wide range of applications, including highway autonomy, advanced safety systems, intelligent transportation infrastructure, and commercial vehicle platforms, where long-range detection and rapid response are critical. AEye is expected to showcase the integrated solution through demonstrations and customer engagements in 2026, highlighting how software-defined sensing and centralized AI compute can accelerate the deployment of physical AI across automotive and mobility markets. About AEye AEye offers a suite of unique software-defined lidar solutions that address a wide range of real-world needs including advanced driver-assistance, vehicle autonomy, smart infrastructure, security, defense, and logistics applications. AEye's flagship product, Apollo, has been widely recognized for its small form factor and its ability to detect objects at up to one kilometer. In addition to Apollo, AEye also offers Stratos(TM) with the ability to detect objects at up to one-and-half kilometers as well as a full-stack solution through its OPTIS(TM) platform. OPTIS(TM) provides a complete system that captures a high-resolution 3D image of the world, interprets it, and provides direction to act upon what it sees in real-time. Certain statements included in this press release that are not historical facts are forward-looking statements within the meaning of the federal securities laws, including the safe harbor provisions under the United States Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. Forward-looking statements are sometimes accompanied by words such as "believe," "continue," "project," "expect," "anticipate," "estimate," "intend," "strategy," "future," "opportunity," "predict," "plan," "may," "should," "will," "would," "potential," "seem," "seek," "outlook," and similar expressions that predict or indicate future events or trends, or that are not statements of historical matters. Forward-looking statements are predictions, projections, and other statements about future events that are based on current expectations and assumptions and, as a result, are subject to risks and uncertainties. Forward-looking statements included in this press release include statements about the anticipated capabilities of the solution integrating AEye's Apollo lidar and NVIDIA's Thor computing platform, and the use cases for the integrated solution, among others. These statements are based on various assumptions, whether or not identified in this press release. These forward-looking statements are provided for illustrative purposes only and are not intended to serve as and must not be relied on by an investor as a guarantee, an assurance, a prediction, or a definitive statement of fact or probability. Actual events and circumstances are very difficult or impossible to predict and will differ from the assumptions. Many actual events and circumstances are beyond the control of AEye. Many factors could cause actual future events to differ from the forward-looking statements in this press release, including, but not limited to: (i) the risks that the integrated solution combining Apollo with NVIDIA's Thor may not deliver the scalable architecture for advanced driver assistance systems (ADAS), autonomous vehicles, and intelligent mobility applications to the extent or in the time frame anticipated, or at all; (ii) the risks that the pairing of Apollo and NVIDIA's real-time AI processing may not enable faster, more accurate object detection, or decision-making at highway speeds and beyond to the extent or in the time frame anticipated, or at all; (iii) the risks that the integration of Apollo with NVIDIA AGX DRIVE Thor(TM) may not enable OEMs and system developers to build safe, more capable platforms with fewer sensors, lower complexity and a clear path to scale to the extent or in the time frame anticipated, or at all; (iv) the risks that the combined solution may not support a wide range of applications, including highway autonomy, advanced safety systems, intelligent transportation infrastructure, and commercial vehicle platforms, to the extent or in the time frame anticipated, or at all; (v) the risks that AEye may be unable to showcase the integrated solution through demonstrations, customer engagements, or otherwise in 2026 to the extent or in the time frame anticipated, or at all; (vi) the risks that Apollo may not be able to detect all objects in all scenarios at distances of up to one kilometer; (vii) the risks that the lidar market may not continue to grow to the extent anticipated, or at all; (viii) the risks that lidar adoption may occur slower than anticipated or fail to occur at all; (ix) the risks that AEye's products may not meet the diverse range of performance and functional requirements of target markets and customers; (x) the risks that AEye's products may not function as anticipated by AEye, or by target markets and customers; (xi) the risks that AEye may not be in a position to adequately or timely address either the near or long-term opportunities that may or may not exist in the evolving autonomous transportation industry; (xii) the risks that laws and regulations are adopted impacting the use of lidar that AEye is unable to comply with, in whole or in part; (xiii) the risks associated with changes in competitive and regulated industries in which AEye operates, variations in operating performance across competitors, and changes in laws and regulations affecting AEye's business; (xiv) the risks that AEye is unable to adequately implement its business plans, forecasts, and other expectations, and identify and realize additional opportunities; and (xv) the risks of economic downturns and a changing regulatory landscape in the highly competitive and evolving industry in which AEye operates. These risks and uncertainties may be amplified by current or future global conflicts and current and potential trade restrictions, trade tensions, and tariffs, all of which continue to cause economic uncertainty. You should carefully consider the foregoing factors and the other risks and uncertainties described in the "Risk Factors" section of the periodic report that AEye has most recently filed with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission, or the SEC, and other documents filed by us or that will be filed by us from time to time with the SEC. These filings identify and address other important risks and uncertainties that could cause actual events and results to differ materially from those contained in the forward-looking statements. Forward-looking statements speak only as of the date they are made. Investors are cautioned not to put undue reliance on forward-looking statements; AEye assumes no obligation and does not intend to update or revise these forward-looking statements, whether as a result of new information, future events, or otherwise. AEye gives no assurance that AEye will achieve any of its expectations. Company Contact AEye, Inc. Investor Relations [email protected] 925-400-4366

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