Manufacturing Process Engineer (Optical Interconnect)

Location: London, UK; on-site. The role involves extensive travel, up to 50% of the time, including visits to manufacturing partner sites.

Company

hirify.global develops the DX-1 decode accelerator and optical interconnect technology for co-packaged optics to improve system-level performance for AI infrastructure.

What you will do

• Establish and qualify robust, high-throughput, high-yield manufacturing lines for optical interconnect technology.
• Work with manufacturing partners through process qualification and volume ramp.
• Specify, commission, and qualify production equipment.
• Develop manufacturing processes and drive continuous improvement in throughput and yield using statistical process control.
• Represent hirify.global with management, engineering, and production teams at manufacturing partners.
• Collaborate with R&D, Process Engineering, Equipment Engineering, Characterisation & Test, and Production teams to achieve project milestones, contribute to strategic IP and patents, and ensure compliance with factory protocols and safety regulations.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in Materials Science, Physics, Electrical Engineering, Chemistry, or a related field.
• Experience developing processes in high-volume, high-technology manufacturing, such as semiconductors, electronics, or display technologies, including New Product Introduction and scaling to volume.
• Experience working in controlled or cleanroom environments.
• Proven experience designing DoEs and executing structured experiments.
• Experience applying statistical process control, improving yield, and optimising throughput in production.
• Ability to interpret complex experimental data, troubleshoot process issues, and drive systematic improvements.
• Excellent teamwork, documentation, and communication skills.
• Eligibility to work at hirify.global is subject to U.S. export control regulations and the candidate’s most recent citizenship or permanent residency status.

Nice to have

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

Culture & Benefits

• Meaningful stock options and ownership participation.
• Annual Living-Local Bonus for residents within 20 minutes of the office.
• Employer-contributed retirement plans.
• Hands-on collaboration across hirify.global and manufacturing partner engineering and production teams.