# Manufacturing/NPI Engineer - Optics at Exowatt

- Company: Exowatt
- What the company does: Exowatt is redefining energy for the AI era. Delivering clean, modular, and scalable power that meets the rising demand of AI infrastructure. Backed by a16z and Felicis.
- Company website: https://www.exowatt.com
- Type: Startups
- Level: Mid level
- Location: Austin, TX
- Work setup: On-site
- Posted: 2026-09-02
- Apply by: 2026-10-17
- Apply: https://jobs.lever.co/exowatt/f3edb093-4f69-48fb-b490-b18625044877
- Page: https://www.1752.vc/careers/jobs/exowatt-manufacturing-npi-engineer-optics/

## About the role

Own new product introduction (NPI) for optical components and assemblies — from design-for-manufacturing feedback during development through pilot builds, qualification, and volume ramp Develop, document, and validate manufacturing and assembly processes for precision optics, including alignment, bonding, coating, cleaning, and handling procedures

## What they're looking for

- 4+ years of manufacturing, process, or NPI engineering experience with precision optical components or optomechanical assemblies — lenses, mirrors, coatings, concentrators, or comparable high-precision hardware
- Working knowledge of optical fabrication and assembly processes (molding, polishing, coating, replication, precision alignment and bonding) and where they break at volume
- Hands-on experience with optical metrology tools and methods (interferometry, spectrophotometry, CMM, imaging-based alignment verification, or equivalent)
- Experience taking hardware through NPI phase gates — prototype, EVT/DVT/PVT or equivalent — into volume production
- Demonstrated supplier-facing experience: qualification builds, audits, first article inspection, and driving corrective action with external partners
- Fluency with core quality tools: GD&T, SPC, PFMEA, control plans, and structured root cause methods (8D, 5-Why, or similar)

Tags: Supply Chain & Manufacturing