AttoTude

Photonic interconnects powering AI data centers

Senior Technology Productization Lead

Engineering LeadershipConfirmed live in the last 24 hours

Full-timeMenlo Park, CA, USANo salary listedIn-person

About the Job

Requirements

At least 10 years of hardware product development experience, including significant time leading productization or new product introduction (NPI) teams.
A track record of taking complex technology, such as semiconductor, optical, radio frequency, or high-speed interconnect technology, from prototype to volume production.
Hands-on experience with reliability qualification, design for manufacturability, and manufacturing ramp with external partners.
Experience building and managing technical teams.
Ability to make decisions under ambiguity.
Ability to communicate clearly with engineers, executives, and customers, including presenting technical results in demos and reviews.

Responsibilities

Lead the productization team through final design selection, balancing performance, cost, reliability, and schedule.
Drive design-for-manufacturability and design-for-reliability work, including qualification planning and failure analysis.
Own the readiness of customer demos and evaluation units to ensure reliable performance.
Partner with contract manufacturers and suppliers to prepare for volume ramp, including yield, test strategy, capacity, and supply chain risk.
Work with leadership and customer-facing teams to shape go-to-market timing and translate customer feedback into product decisions.
Build, mentor, and grow the team as it scales, setting clear processes for design reviews, NPI gates, and handoffs.
Own the path from working prototype to shippable product by leading final design decisions, hardening the design for reliability and manufacturability, supporting customer demos and evaluations, and preparing for volume production.
Set direction, make tradeoffs, and stay close to engineering work day to day.

Desired Qualifications

Background in data center, networking, or AI hardware.
Experience with high-speed SerDes, advanced packaging, or millimeter-wave/sub-THz systems.
Prior startup experience, especially through first-product launch.

The Role
We’re looking for a senior technical leader to own the path from working prototype to shippable product. You’ll lead the productization team through final design decisions, harden the design for reliability and manufacturability, support customer demos and evaluations, and get us ready for volume production. This is a hands-on leadership role: you’ll set direction, make hard tradeoffs, and stay close to engineering work day to day.

What You’ll Do

Lead the productization team through final design selection, balancing performance, cost, reliability, and schedule.
Drive design-for-manufacturability (DFM) and design-for-reliability work, including qualification planning and failure analysis.
Own the readiness of customer demos and evaluation units, so what customers see works every time.
Partner with contract manufacturers and suppliers to prepare for volume ramp: yield, test strategy, capacity, and supply chain risk.
Work with leadership and customer-facing teams to shape go-to-market timing and translate customer feedback into product decisions.
Build, mentor, and grow the team as we scale, setting clear processes for design reviews, NPI gates, and handoffs.

What You Bring

10+ years in hardware product development, with significant time leading productization or NPI teams.
A track record of taking complex technology (semiconductor, optical, RF, high-speed interconnect, or similar) from prototype to volume production.
Hands-on experience with reliability qualification, DFM, and manufacturing ramp with external partners.
Strong people leadership: you’ve built and managed technical teams and know how to make decisions under ambiguity.
Clear communication with engineers, executives, and customers alike, including presenting technical results in demos and reviews.

Nice to Have

Background in data center, networking, or AI hardware.
Experience with high-speed SerDes, advanced packaging, or millimeter-wave/sub-THz systems.
Prior startup experience, especially through first-product launch.

About the Company

AttoTude

Photonic interconnects powering AI data centers

AttoTude designs and sells advanced interconnect technology for data centers, focusing on AI workloads. Its main products are photonic interconnect solutions built on photonic integrated circuits and optical communications that move data at very high speeds with low bottlenecks. These interconnects connect servers, switches, and storage to enable high-speed parallel processing and supercomputing, reducing latency and increasing bandwidth in large-scale deployments. The company differentiates itself by concentrating on photonics-based networking to address AI-specific data center bottlenecks, serving large operators and enterprises through direct sales and licensing. Its goal is to help data centers scale AI capabilities efficiently by providing reliable, high-performance interconnects that support demanding workloads and future growth.

Company size: 51-200
Company stage: Series C
Total funding: $131M
Headquarters: Menlo Park, CA
Founded: 2024

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