Engineering Manager, Waveguide Development, China

We are seeking an accomplished and driven Engineering Manager to establish and lead a new waveguide development team in China. This team will serve as a key pillar within the Waveguide Development organization, supporting all AR and smart glasses (SG) waveguide programs.As the leader, you will oversee multiple technical domains related to display, including process and equipment development, and drive waveguide NPI/NTI activities across the APAC supply chain. You and your team will collaborate closely with waveguide, eyepiece, display engineering, and display systems teams in the USA.You will act as the primary point of contact for waveguide initiatives in APAC, working extensively with local Meta teams-such as metrology, PDE, SQE, and Tech Ops-as well as international suppliers across time zones. Clear, effective communication will be critical to ensure seamless cross-functional and cross-regional collaboration.Your expertise in optical engineering and module process development, along with your experience building teams from the ground up and leading across domains and organizations, will be invaluable.

Engineering Manager, Waveguide Development, China Responsibilities:

• Hire, grow and manage a team including process and equipment engineers
• Drive the execution of waveguide engineering builds in APAC. Identify risks, track and resolve issues through various phases of engineering development and production
• Serve as gatekeeper for performance across nodes throughout the engineering build phases
• Verify and validate waveguide performance, drive the failure analysis of engineering gaps across the supply chain, and drive corrective actions to balance manufacturability, cost implications, and performance
• Support the iteration of waveguide specification allocation and convergence using build data and DoEs, and advanced analysis. Resolve discrepancies and ensure alignment across all levels across factories and supply chains
• Lead waveguide discussions in factories in APAC and serve as the interface between multiple functions (Metrology, display modules in US, reliability engineering, PDE, Tech Ops, SQE, PQE, etc)
• Lead and guide international suppliers to execute tasks, ranging from build execution, offline DOEs and data analysis, to scaling suppliers' capability to support multiple product programs

• Master degree in Mechanical Engineering, Materials Science, Optical engineering, Physics, Optics, process engineering, mechanical engineering or a relevant technical field, or equivalent practical experience
• Demonstrated experience in the following areas: Systems design, Radiometry and photometry, physical and geometric optics, Image quality analysis and metric development, bonding and high-precision alignment processes and equipments, display and optical metrology
• Successful track record of delivering display modules or display systems into mass production
• Experience in optical manufacturing, lens manufacturing, semiconductor manufacturing, display or camera module, metrology
• Experience performing and designing DOE, data analysis, SPC control, yield improvement, root cause investigation, FACA, and quality control
• Experience in working with display suppliers, and familiar with ODM/JDM model
• Proficient in one or more simulation and analysis tools, such as ZEMAX, Lighttools, CodeV, JMP, Matlab, Python or similar programs
• 10+ years of experience leading cross-functional teams and collaborating with external partners in high-volume consumer electronics product development with 5+ years of people management experience
• Experience with in handling ambiguity and collaborating effectively with large cross-functional teams and multilayer supply chains

• 6-sigma experience (Black Belt)
• Experience with multiple full life cycle AR/VR product launches
• Experience in bringing up first generation technologies into device form factors
• Experience with end to end module development, from components to system and balancing the performance and cost
• Advanced degree in the field of Optical engineering or a relevant technical field