Manager, IIIV Design and Characterization
- Location
- Mountain View, CA
- Listed
- Today
About the role
Aeva’s mission is to bring the next wave of perception to a broad range of applications from automated driving to industrial robotics, consumer electronics, consumer health, security, and beyond. Aeva is transforming autonomy with its groundbreaking sensing and perception technology that integrates all key LiDAR components onto a silicon photonics chip in a compact module. Aeva 4D LiDAR sensors uniquely detect instant velocity in addition to 3D position, allowing autonomous devices like vehicles and robots to make more intelligent and safe decisions.
Role Overview
We are looking for a Manager, Laser NPI, to own design, manufacture, integration, validation, and qualification of lasers and amplifiers across business verticals
What you'll do
- Own roadmap, execution, validation, and delivery for cutting edge laser and amplifier products across business verticals
- Lead a team of engineers to transition lasers and amplifiers from development to production
- Develop engineering requirement documents for a variety of product lines to ensure devices meet required performance, yield, and cost metrics
- Lead integration of IIIV devices into product by working across teams to develop packaging and integration based on BKM
- Lead design for performance to specs, manufacturing, reliability, test - DFx methodologies
- Own the detailed characterization of IIIV devices to provide iterative design feedback
- Design and develop integrated multi-wavelength lasers for various applications
- Own definition of test strategy & oversee implementation for validation, reliability, NPI, and production
- Define lot strategy and splits to improve performance of base designs developed in R&D
- Own the NPI and transition to high volume production of cutting edge IIIV device with high yield and low cost
- Work with internal and external design development teams to develop devices that meet required product specifications
What you have
- 5+ years of experience with leading teams and delivering cutting edge products
- Demonstrated experience with 4 or more of the following - NPI strategy, IIIV design, IIIV process, vendor management, qualification/reliability, validation
- Experience working cross-functionally to enable data-driven decision making
- Strong presentation, communication skills, and results oriented
- Experience with working with cross-functional teams to deliver cutting edge products
Equal opportunity and legal notices
Aeva is an Equal Opportunity Employer including protected Veterans and individuals with disabilities.
From Aeva's careers page, first listed on Rolev.ai on November 12, 2026. Rolev.ai is not the employer.
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