Manufacturing Process Engineer

About OLIX

AI is growing faster than any technology in history and the explosion in demand has created a massive infrastructure gap; we can no longer build chips or power stations fast enough to keep up. The industry is still leaning on a ten-year-old hardware blueprint that has reached its limit. A new paradigm that is faster and more efficient will be the biggest economic opportunity of the next century and create the most important company of the next decade. The OLIX Decode Accelerator 1 (DX-1) is the first accelerator architected specifically for decode. Rack-scale co-design of logic, data movement, packaging, optics and interconnect enables a step change in system level performance.

The Role

As a Manufacturing Process Engineer at OLIX, you will be responsible for turning our optical interconnect technology for co-packaged optics (CPO) into scalable, manufacturable, and reliable hardware. You will work closely with our development team in London to establish high-throughput, high-yield manufacturing processes, then transfer those processes to our manufacturing partners and support them through ramp.

This is a hands-on, high-impact role. The lines you build are how our optical interconnect reaches production. The role involves extensive travel (up to 50% of the time), including to our manufacturing partner sites.

Responsibilities

• Establish and qualify robust, high-throughput, high-yield manufacturing lines for our optical interconnect technology
• Work with our manufacturing partners to establish high throughput, high yielding manufacturing lines and support those partners through qualification and volume ramp
• Specify, commission and qualify production equipment
• Develop new and improved manufacturing processes, and drive continuous improvement in throughput and yield
• Improve process capability through statistical process control
• Represent OLIX to the management, engineering and production teams at our manufacturing partners
• Collaborate across R&D, Process Engineering, Equipment Engineering, Characterisation & Test and Production, within OLIX and at our partners, to hit project milestones
• Contribute to strategic IP development and patents
• Ensure compliance with site and factory protocols and safety regulations

Skills & Experience

• Bachelor’s degree in Materials Science, Physics, Electrical Engineering, Chemistry or a related field
• Experience with process development in high-volume, high-technology manufacturing (e.g. semiconductors, electronics or display technologies), including New Product Introduction (NPI) and scaling to volume
• Experience working in controlled or cleanroom environments
• Proven track record of designing DoEs and executing structured experiments
• Experience applying statistical process control, yield improvement and throughput optimisation in production
• Ability to interpret complex experimental data, troubleshoot process issues and drive systematic improvements
• Excellent teamwork, documentation and communication skills

Nice to Have

• Experience transferring processes to contract manufacturers or foundries
• Failure analysis experience
• Patent or IP contributions

Compensation & Equity

• Competitive Salary: Commensurate with your experience, skills, and location
• Equity & Ownership: Meaningful stock options. You’re not just joining the mission; you’re owning a piece of it
• Proximity Bonus: We value your time. To minimise your commute and maximise your life, we offer an annual Living-Local Bonus if your residence is within 20 minutes of the office
• Retirement Benefits: Employer-contributed retirement plans to help you build long-term financial security

Due to U.S. export control regulations, candidates’ eligibility to work at OLIX depends on their most recent citizenship or permanent residency status. We are generally unable to consider applicants whose most recent citizenship or permanent residence is in certain restricted countries (currently including Iran, North Korea, Syria, Cuba, Russia, Belarus, China, Hong Kong, Macau, and Venezuela). Applicants who have subsequently obtained citizenship or permanent residency in another country not subject to these restrictions may still be eligible.

We do not accept unsolicited CVs from recruitment agencies, will not be liable for any fees, and prohibit unauthorised use of our company name in recruitment activities.