Senior Electrical Engineering Manager - Milpitas, CA, United States
$155,250 - $258,750 USD yearly
Originally posted 25 August 2026 by the employer — open 28 days.
About the role
This role involves technical and organizational leadership for the development and sustaining of high-speed optical detector and receiver products.
What you'll do
- Lead an engineering team developing high-speed optical detector products and technologies from concept through volume production.
- Drive the roadmap for optical receivers, photodiodes, detector modules, and photonic measurement solutions.
- Lead and support engineering activities including device architecture, photodiode and receiver design, analog front-end electronics, packaging, optical coupling, thermal management, test development, characterization, qualification, reliability, manufacturability, and production transfer.
- Collaborate with cross-functional teams including Optical Engineering, Electrical Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, Systems Engineering, Manufacturing, Supply Chain, Quality, and Product Management to deliver successful products.
- Plan and oversee team work across multiple concurrent development programs, managing direct reports, establishing objectives, and providing coaching and mentorship.
- Translate market requirements into product specifications and development priorities by working with marketing, applications, systems engineering, and customers.
What you'll need
- Bachelor's or Master's degree in Electrical Engineering, Physics, Optical Engineering, Photonics, or a related technical field.
- 10+ years of industry experience in development of optical, optoelectronic, photonic, or high-speed electronic products.
- 5+ years of engineering management experience leading multidisciplinary product development teams.
- Proven experience leading complex hardware development programs involving photodiodes, optical receivers, photonic instrumentation, or related technologies.
- Strong understanding of high-speed analog electronics, photodetectors, optical systems, signal integrity, and system-level performance optimization.
- Experience balancing performance, manufacturability, reliability, cost, schedule, and product requirements in commercial product development.
- Demonstrated success bringing complex products from concept through qualification and and production.
Nice to have
- Experience with high-speed photodiodes, optical receivers, or optical communication components.
- Experience with semiconductor detector technologies including InGaAs, Si, Ge, InP.
- Familiarity with optical packaging, fiber coupling, RF interconnects, and high-frequency measurement techniques.
- Experience with characterization equipment such as VNAs, oscilloscopes, BER testers, optical spectrum analyzers, and laser sources.
- Knowledge of photonics manufacturing processes, supplier management, and product qualification.
Skills: photodiode, receiver design, analog front-end, optical coupling, optoelectronic, photonic
This role has been open 28 days — well below the 62-day median for Optical/Photonics IC Design roles.
Optical/Photonics IC Design · Photonics
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Open roles in category
121
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Median days open
62 d
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Median salary
$195k
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See the full market breakdown ▾Category comparison, skills in demand, and who else is hiring
| Metric | MKS Instruments | All employers we track in this specialty (121 roles · 31 employers) |
|---|---|---|
| Open roles in this specialty | 3 | 121 |
| Median days open | 91 d | 62 d (+29 d vs this employer) |
| Median salary (USD postings) | — | $195k |
Skills observed across this category: photodiode, receiver design, analog front-end, optical coupling, optoelectronic, photonic
Who's hiring in this category
- GlobalFoundries · 18 open roles · median 56 d
- Lightmatter · 17 open roles · median 69 d
- Coherent Corp · 15 open roles · median 62 d
- Lumentum · 8 open roles · median 49 d
- PsiQuantum · 6 open roles · median 111 d
- Ayar Labs · 5 open roles · median 46 d
How we counted: 121 open Optical/Photonics IC Design (Photonics) roles from 31 employers tracked in the SemiconductorJobs index, counted 22 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. Figures refresh nightly.