Lumilens

Lumilens

Senior Technical Program Manager (Silicon)

San Jose · Senior

Sponsorship not specifiedDetected 76 days ago
JiraStrategic CommunicationsElectrical EngineeringLeadershipCommunicationOrganizational Skills

About the role

  • This is a high-visibility leadership role responsible for delivering high-quality silicon, packaged solutions, and validated systems on aggressive timelines in a fast-paced, innovative environment.
  • Organize end-to-end planning, scheduling, and day-to-day execution for Lumilens' silicon and package tapeouts, advanced packaging, bring-up, validation, and systems development programs.
  • Facilitate productive recurring meetings, technical reviews, and operational checkpoints throughout the project lifecycle.

Responsibilities

  • Partner with engineering leads and cross-functional teams to accurately estimate, prioritize, and sequence work while balancing quality, scope, and schedule.
  • Create, maintain, and execute detailed project plans covering scope, schedule, budget, and resources, ensuring alignment with business objectives and key stakeholders.
  • Proactively manage schedules, risks, issues, and quality
  • Deliver concise, targeted communications to management and stakeholders on project status, key milestones, risks, and decisions.
  • Own release schedules, tapeout milestones, bring-up activities, and critical program deliverables in a dynamic, high-velocity setting.
  • Proactively manage schedules, risks, issues, and quality; escalate effectively and provide clear visibility to leadership.
  • Lumilens is seeking a Senior Technical Program Manager to own and drive complex silicon tapeouts, advanced packaging, bring-up, validation, and system-level integration programs.

Requirements

  • 10+ years of experience in Silicon design, tapeout, bring-up, validation, and product qualification.
  • Bachelor's degree in Electrical Engineering, Computer Engineering, or a related technical field.
  • Proficiency with program management tools such as MS Project, Jira, Asana, Smartsheet, or equivalent.
  • Solid understanding of the silicon tapeout process (verification, signoff, mask ordering, etc.).
  • Prior background in semiconductors (chip design, physical design, or test engineering preferred).
  • Ability to influence without authority and drive results in a matrixed, cross-functional environment.
  • Strong organizational skills with the ability to manage multiple priorities in a dynamic, fast-paced setting.

Nice to have

  • Strong knowledge of photonic structures, optical communication, silicon photonics, laser solutions, and heterogeneous integration.
  • Experience with advanced packaging technologies (2.5D/3D integration, chiplets, silicon photonics packaging, etc.).
  • Experience with product bring-up, silicon validation, and qualification flows (EVT/DVT exposure is a plus).

Skills

  • Senior Technical Program Manager
  • SAN JOSE, CA / Onsite
  • About Lumilens
  • This isn't incremental innovation's a ground-floor opportunity to rethink the optical layer from the silicon up.
  • Excellent written and verbal communication skills, including technical presentations.

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