Director of Programs

Director of Programs

Analog Photonics Overview

Analog Photonics is a fast-growing silicon photonic technology startup. We use our proprietary silicon photonic platform to serve automotive, communications, consumer, and defense markets with innovative, chip-scale solutions.

Responsibilities

• Provide strategic direction and technical leadership to the engineering team
• Oversee the planning, execution, and delivery of engineering projects
• Propose new programs, both government and commercial
• Collaborate with team leads to ensure alignment on project goals
• Provide both internal and external technical updates on engineering projects
• Communicate with customers to understand market needs and present product offerings
• Responsible for interviewing and hiring new full-time engineers and interns

Qualifications

Minimum Requirements:

• M.S. (Ph.D. preferred) in electrical engineering, applied physics, or related field.
• Strong experience in proposal writing and answering funding calls
• 10+ years of leading an engineering program in the optical communications/photonics space.
• Experience designing products in both commercial and defense
• Experience in optical design: refractive/reflective/diffractive components, lasers or displays for microscopy, LiDAR, optical networking, or consumer applications.
• Experience executing on a product design schedule/leading reviews
• Experience interacting with presenting technical product data to external customers
• Technical hardware design experience building chip-scale solutions.
• Ability to generate technical content for product development
• Ability to travel as needed.