Development Lead, R&D

Summary: VIAVI (NASDAQ: VIAV) is a global provider of network test, monitoring and assurance solutions for telecommunications, cloud, enterprises, first responders, military, aerospace, and railway. VIAVI is also a leader in light management technologies for 3D sensing, anti-counterfeiting, consumer electronics, industrial, automotive, government and aerospace applications.

We are the people behind the products that help keep the world connected at home, school, work, at play, and everywhere in between. VIAVI employees are passionate about supporting customer success and we welcome people who bring their best every day to the company – to question, to collaborate and to push for solutions that will delight our customers.

Duties & Responsibilities:

We are looking for a core team member to act in a cross functional technical team leadership role. The ideal candidate will have experience in complete product life cycle support – concept, research, development, new product introduction, and follow up (production support and continuous improvement). Candidates with a strong technical background in one field, with supporting experience in a related field will be considered.

Responsibilities: Level of ownership will depend upon seniority and area of expertise. Growth into the role is expected. Activities to include:

Interact with product line management in initial program or product definition – this may be as part of a brainstorming multi-function team.

Co-ordinate front end research programs – prototypes, evaluation, reports

As technical lead for new product development programs:

Develop or support the development of requirements, specifications, and test plan.

Create and manage the detailed R&D schedule, provide input to resourcing plan

Interact with the Project Manager to support gate reviews, regular progress updates, and issue escalations

Participate in all technical reviews on owned programs. Possibly lead reviews in area of expertise.

R&D contact prime for operations as the product moves from core development to NPI to full factory deployment in a low cost manufacturing environment (i.e. offshore)

Technical authority – longer term: As product familiarity grows, possible design authority role on a product family – this implies:

Roadmap input, architecture input

Life cycle R&D point of contact – factory ECO’s, Work instruction change verification, factory escalations, EOL issues

Customer technical issues.

Pre-Requisites / Skills / Experience Requirements:

Required Qualifications:

Degree in Physics, Eng. Physics. Advanced degrees in the same preferred. Degrees in Mechanical or Electrical Engineering will be considered if combined with experience in optics

Proven background in product or systems development.

5+ years of experience in new product development

Experience working with multi-discipline teams in a collaborative environment

Strong written and verbal communications skills.

Proven attention to detail – compliance matrices, technical reports.

Experience providing technical presentations to management.

If you have what it takes to push boundaries and seize opportunities, apply to join our team today.

Job Posting Pay Range: 100,219 to 186,121

Exceptional qualifications, experience and location may impact salary. VIAVI offers a competitive benefits package that includes paid time off, health, life and disability insurance, 401(k), and a bonus program.