SMART Photonics is Europe's leading pure-play Indium Phosphide (InP) foundry. We enable customers worldwide to transform advanced photonic concepts into manufacturable products that power the next generation of communication, sensing, healthcare and computing technologies.

As SMART Photonics continues its transition towards a mature semiconductor foundry, the New Product Introduction (NPI) team plays a critical role in bridging development, process integration and manufacturing. NPI ensures that new technologies, customer requirements and process improvements are successfully introduced into our production environment while maintaining focus on manufacturability, quality and operational excellence.

The Role

The NPI team sits at the intersection of development, process integration, and manufacturing, playing a critical role in translating innovation into stable, manufacturable processes.

As SMART Photonics continues to scale, the NPI team is entering a phase where clarity, prioritization and cross-functional alignment become increasingly important.

We are looking for a balanced and pragmatic leader who combines empathy with decisiveness. Someone who can build trust within a team of highly experienced specialists, while effectively navigating organizational complexity and aligning stakeholders around shared goals.

You understand semiconductor manufacturing realities and can balance technical depth, operational execution and business priorities to ensure successful and sustainable outcomes.

What you will do

• Lead and support a multidisciplinary team of NPI engineers and technical specialists. (12fte), fostering owenership and collaboration

• Create a productive and inclusive working environment that enables different working and communication styles to succeed.

• Drive execution of NPI programs and projects from planning through industrialization, ensuring clarity in scope, timing and deliverables.

• Ensure effective prioritization in a very demanding and new technology environment secure, resource allocation and projects planning.

• Translate business and operational objectives into clear team priorities.

• Represent the NPI team in cross-functional discussions and management reviews.

• Safeguard the team's focus by balancing competing organizational priorities and operational demands.

• Partner closely with senior technical experts within the team to ensure strong technical decision-making.

• Support SMART Photonics' transition towards a mature and scalable semiconductor foundry.

• Contribute to building robust, repeatable and manufacturable processes that support future growth.

• MSc degree Engineering, Physics, Semiconductor Technology or a related technical discipline.

• Minimum 8 years of industrial experience within the III/V semiconductors, ideal from foundry angle.

• Proven leadership experience in managing senior technical teams in a collaborative manner.

• Strong program and project management experience in complex, multidisciplinary environments.

• Experience managing multiple stakeholders and competing priorities in a complex organization.

• Experience reporting to senior management and communicating project status, risks and priorities.

• Strong communication and influencing skills.

• Comfortable operating in a dynamic environment where priorities can shift rapidly.

• Available for an on-site and fulltime position at the High Tech Campus in Eindhoven.

What We Offer

• A leadership role with significant impact on the future of SMART Photonics.

• The opportunity to shape one of the key teams supporting the transition towards a mature semiconductor foundry.

• A collaborative and highly skilled technical environment.

• Direct influence on how new technologies are introduced into manufacturing.

• Opportunities for professional growth and development.

• Competitive employment conditions.