R&D Test Development Engineer

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Lumentum (NASDAQ: LITE) is a market-leading manufacturer of innovative optical and photonic products enabling optical networking and commercial laser customers worldwide. Lumentum’s optical components and subsystems are part of virtually every type of telecom, enterprise, and data center network. Lumentum’s commercial lasers enable advanced manufacturing techniques and diverse applications including next-generation 3D sensing capabilities. Lumentum is headquartered in Milpitas, California with R&D, manufacturing, and sales offices worldwide. For more information, visit www.lumentum.com.

The R&D Test Development Engineer is responsible to develop and implement testing procedures and systems to ensure the highest level of product quality and reliability.

Key responsibilities:

• Develop and implement testing procedures and systems to ensure the highest level of product quality and reliability
• Conduct experiments and analysis to evaluate the performance of devices and materials
• Participate in the development of new test equipment and test methodologies
• Continuously improve the testing process and drive improvements in testing efficiency and effectiveness
• Understand capabilities/limitations of characterization equipment
• Collaborate with cross-functional teams to ensure that product specifications are met
• Analyze test data to identify trends and potential improvements to the testing process

Preferred Qualifications:

• Bachelor’s or master’s degree in Electrical Engineering, Material Science, or related field
• 2+ years hands-on experience in testing and development
• Strong knowledge of physics and technology
• Experience with optical characterization techniques, including LIV, FF, NF, and optical modulation analysis
• Strong analytic and data analysis/mining skills via Excel, Minitab and/or JMP, python
• Familiarity in Python for equipment control and data analysis
• Familiarity with PCB layout tools is desirable, but not required
• Knowledge of laser safety regulations and standards
• Familiarity with DOE, SPC, GR&R
• Excellent communication and collaboration skills