Work with suppliers and internal multi-functional teams, exhibiting leadership to drive yield, efficiency, and other target production metrics; operational excellence in bringing-up scalable and sustainable mass-production process Areas of ownership include factory set-up of associated optical module manufacturing, including SMT, Assembly, and Test processes Executive-level status reports including build readiness review (BRR), new product review (NPR), etc Analyze data from factory, customer, field to develop action plans and decisions based on the data Process optimization on mechanical bonding, dispensing, soldering processes Drive lessons learned into designs and use predictive methods to anticipate and avoid issues early in the development cycle Call out key concerns and options timely for resolutions to senior management Travel internationally approximately 20-30%7+ years of technical experience in a high-tech industry, with solid understanding of manufacturing and quality engineering BS/MS in a related Engineering discipline. Experience and knowledge of statistic and data analysis tools such as Tableau, JMP, SPC, FMEA, DOE, TA, DFM, FlexSIM Meaningful experience/background in introducing products into manufacturing, and/or high volume production with Asia-based manufacturing suppliers Experience in ramping optical modules into high volume production a large plus Desire and ability for problem solving and debugging Ability to work with a wide range of people with varying degrees of experience Excellent project management skills Program / Project Management experience preferred.