Process Lead/Manager at Lyte

Setup: Hybrid
Location: Sunnyvale, California
Type: Full-time
Level: Lead
Posted: Jan 4, 2026

Description

Lyte is seeking an experienced Process Lead/Manager specializing in optical sensor device packaging and contract manufacturing. This role involves leading NPI process teams, optimizing yields through various improvements, communicating with R&D, managing process integration checks, acting as a technical program manager, providing DFM/DFR/DFT inputs, developing specifications, auditing manufacturers, presenting results, expanding the operations team globally, creating technical SOWs, and driving continuous improvement.

Required Skills

Process Improvement
Material Selection Optimization
Process Refinement
DOEs
Communication Skills
Tradeoff Analysis
Foundry & OSAT Collaboration
Process Integration Check
Technical Program Management
DFM/DFR/DFT Inputs
Specification Management
Auditing
Reporting
Team Building
Yield Improvement
FMEA Failure Analysis

Additional Information

Required Previous Experiences: microelectronic and optical devices packaging
foundries, OSATs, PCBA fab, and contract manufacturers in process development and yield improvement
FMEA, failure analysis, and 8D report
Preferred Qualifications: experience on process flow design, SPC, Six Sigma, Lean manufacturing, and material staging concepts.
knowledge of wafer-level processes like lithography, thin-film deposition, plating, and DIET/DRIE.
understanding of Silicon Photonics.
experience in III-V wafer process, BAR level process, and CoC packaging.
supplier quality management experience.
knowledge of LiDAR and related technologies.
former experience of writing technical SOW.
familiarity with ECNs, PCNs, and documentation practices.