Active Alignment & NPI Process Development Engineer - Singapore
Originally posted 9 September 2026 by the employer — open 12 days.
This role focuses on developing photonics solutions for AI supercomputing.
About the role
This role involves developing, characterizing, qualifying, and transferring optical alignment processes from product development through NPI and volume manufacturing. The position supports the development of photonics solutions for AI supercomputing.
What you'll do
- Lead manufacturing process development for new photonic products from prototype through NPI qualification and volume production.
- Develop and optimize optical assembly processes including active alignment, passive alignment, epoxy dispensing, curing, and optical coupling.
- Define critical process parameters, critical-to-quality characteristics, process windows, and manufacturing specifications.
- Plan and execute DOE, process characterization, tolerance studies, and process optimization activities.
- Evaluate process capability and manufacturing performance using yield, Cp/Cpk, and GR&R.
- Perform root-cause analysis on NPI build failures, yield excursions, and process-related defects.
What you'll need
- Bachelor’s degree or higher in Engineering, Physics, Optics, Photonics, Mechanical Engineering, Electrical Engineering, or a related discipline.
- Minimum 5 years of relevant experience with optical active alignment for transceivers or related photonic devices or related NPI/process development environment.
- Hands-on experience developing and optimizing optical active alignment processes for transceivers or other photonic devices.
- Familiarity with optical components and assemblies such as FAU, lenses, isolators, PICs, PD, and laser.
- Experience with active alignment equipment development, setup, buyoff, qualification, and production deployment.
- Strong understanding of motion stages, controllers, optical power meters, laser sources, cameras, sensors, and precision mechanical systems.
- Experience developing or optimizing alignment algorithms and automated alignment sequences.
- Knowledge of epoxy dispensing, adhesive bonding, UV curing, thermal curing, and associated material/process characteristics.
- Experience with equipment control, automation, and process parameter optimization.
- Experience in fixture and tooling development for precision optical assembly.
- Demonstrated experience in NPI process development, process characterization, qualification, manufacturing transfer, and production ramp.
- Experience with DOE, statistical process control, process capability analysis, Cp/Cpk, GR&R, and yield analysis.
- Familiarity with PFMEA, Control Plans, SOPs, work instructions, process specifications, and manufacturing qualification documentation.
- Ability to analyze complex process interactions across equipment, material, product design, tooling, and manufacturing conditions.
Skills: active alignment, optical assembly, NPI qualification, process characterization, yield improvement
This role has been open 12 days — well below the 55-day median for Packaging Engineering roles.
Packaging Engineering · Advanced Packaging
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Open roles in category
299
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Median days open
55 d
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Median salary
$179k
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See the full market breakdown ▾Category comparison, skills in demand, and who else is hiring
| Metric | Lumilens | All employers we track in this specialty (299 roles · 58 employers) |
|---|---|---|
| Open roles in this specialty | 13 | 299 |
| Open roles in the wider Process, Fab & Equipment family | 48 | 9346 · 108 employers |
| Median days open | 45 d | 55 d (−10 d vs this employer) |
| Median salary (USD postings) | — | $179k |
Skills observed across this category: active alignment, optical assembly, NPI qualification, process characterization, yield improvement
Who's hiring in this category
- KLA Corporation · 49 open roles · median 102 d
- Micron Technology · 36 open roles · median 29 d
- Renesas Electronics · 21 open roles · median 21 d
- Infineon Technologies · 20 open roles · median 41 d
- Intel Corporation · 13 open roles · median 76 d
- Lumilens (this employer) · 13 open roles · median 45 d
How we counted: 299 open Packaging Engineering (Advanced Packaging) roles from 58 employers tracked in the SemiconductorJobs index, counted 21 Sept 2026. Specialty figures count only roles carrying this exact specialty label, so an employer's related work in neighbouring specialties is not included there — it is counted in the wider Process, Fab & Equipment family row. Figures refresh nightly.