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Business Dev & Design Entertainment | Social Media Tech Web Video |
Apple | Mobile |
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Business Dev & Design Entertainment | Social Media Tech Web Video |
Operates as an optical communications component supplier.
Year Established: | 2006 |
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Address: | 2307 Leghorn Street |
Telephone: | 2147483647 |
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Mail: | info@lensvector.com |
Company URL: | http://www.lensvector.com |
LensVector Inc. is an exciting and fast growing company that is leading the revolution in dynamic solid-state optics with consumer applications ranging from mobile phones to laptops and pocket video camcorders. At LensVector, we know it takes more than a great product to make a company successful. It takes great people.
We are seeking talented and passionate individuals who want to work in a collaborative environment where the results of your work have impact. If you have what it takes to thrive in our fast-paced and rewarding environment, please send your resume to careers@lensvector.com.
Current Openings
Director, Test Engineering
This role will build a test group to develop test protocols and equipment and help manage test operations for a unique high volume, opto-electronic solid state auto focus product for the cell phone industry. This individual will work with product design and process development teams to design and implement key test processes to support product development and manufacturing operations.
Responsibilities:
This role will be responsible for hiring and management of test engineers and technicians to build an effective team to support all test activities in engineering and manufacturing operations. This individual will work with a multidisciplinary team of engineers to develop test plans, test software and hardware for testing of a unique, high volume liquid crystal based optical device. Test domain for this product includes optical as well as electrical functions. Responsibilities of the test group include test support for the development team, R&D functions, process control tests as well as final product test. This individual will oversee development of test software for implementation in high volume manufacturing environment; identify vendors; and manage fixture and test equipment development to enable high volume testing of this product. This role will work with handset manufacturers to ensure compliance with handset electrical requirements and participate in design reviews with customers and other engineering teams for camera designs.
Positions Requirements
LC Process Engineer
Seeking an experienced Process Engineer to work on design and development of a unique auto focus product for the cell phone industry.
Responsibilities:
Work with a multidisciplinary team of engineers in development of assembly processes for a new miniature liquid crystal based auto focus device for use in digital camera modules. Create specifications for new processes and coordinate implementation in manufacturing line. Work with vendors to evaluate new technologies, guide them in their development and implement new processes into manufacturing environments. Conduct failure analysis and communicate with customers and manufacturing sites. Create and mange partnerships for manufacturing of this product in large volume. Interact with customers to establish product requirements for new products. Help create a prototype line for production of LC based module to prove processes and build sample parts.
Positions Requirements
Education
Process Technician
Seeking an experienced Technician / Operator to work on design & testing of a unique auto focus product for the cell phone industry.
Responsibilities:
Work with an experienced team of process engineers in development of assembly processes for a new miniature liquid crystal based optical device. Help create a prototype line, run experiments and build sample parts.
Positions Requirements
TransLink Capital
Derek Proudian, CEO
Derek Proudian brings 25 years of high-tech finance, marketing and engineering leadership to LensVector. Proudian has served as the CEO of five venture-capital backed startups, including Zip2, which was acquired by Compaq for $300 million. Previously Proudian was a general partner at the venture capital firm Mohr Davidow Ventures, and an engineering manager with Hewlett-Packard. He has over 10 years experience in the mobile industry, and serves on the Board of Directors of mSpot and SquareTrade. Proudian holds master's degrees in business and computer science from Stanford University and holds three U.S. patents.
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Dr. Tigran Galstian, CTO
Dr. Tigran Galstian and his research team developed the LensVector tunable liquid crystal lens technology at Laval University in the Center for Optics, Photonics and Lasers in Quebec, where he is a professor. Galstian brings more than 25 years of experience of R&D work in academic and industrial fields in Europe and North America. He has co-authored more than 450 technical articles, communications and patents, including all the LensVector-related patents. Galstian earned his doctorate and master's from the Moscow Engineering Physics Institute.
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Bahram Afshari, VP Engineering
Dr. Bahram Afshari has been managing the design and development of camera modules, imaging and electronics packaging components for more than 20 years. Prior to LensVector, Afshari was responsible for camera module product development at Flextronics, shipping more than 80 million camera module units in 2006. At Flextronics, he was also responsible for sourcing and shipping auto-focus cameras for major handset vendors. Afshari has held senior engineering management positions at Agilent and Hewlett-Packard. He earned his master's and doctorate in engineering at Stanford University and holds seven U.S. patents in electronics packaging.
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Suresh Venkatraman, VP Marketing
Suresh Venkatraman has more than 15 years of marketing, product management and engineering experience in imaging. Venkatraman was part of the team that brought the CMOS image sensor business into Micron Technology through the acquisition of Photobit in 2001. He served as the first product manager for Micron's CMOS image sensor products for cell-phone cameras. From 2001 until he joined LensVector in 2008, Venkatraman held senior marketing and product management roles within the Imaging Group at Micron, helping build this division from its inception into a global market leader shipping over a billion image sensors. He has a master's in electrical engineering from the University of Texas at Arlington, where he worked with Professor K. R. Rao, a pioneer in imaging science.
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Henning Stauss, VP Operations
Henning Stauss brings to LensVector more than 25 years of LCD manufacturing experience. Most recently, he was VP of global manufacturing for Syntax-Brillian, where he was responsible for worldwide manufacturing of Olevia LCoS televisions and Vivitar digital cameras. Previously, at Three-Five Systems, Stauss headed the largest LCD manufacturing line in the U.S. and ran all worldwide LCD operations, producing more than 2 million LCDs per month. Stauss has held senior manufacturing positions at Optrex, Thomson-CSF and General Electric. He holds a master's in physics from Technische Universitat Darmstadt, Germany.
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Peter Clark, VP Optics
Peter Clark is a widely respected industry expert in small camera optics and lens design. Before joining LensVector, he was the director of optical engineering at Flextronics, where he was responsible for the development of optical systems for major camera phone customers. Clark spent more than 20 years as the director of optical engineering at Polaroid prior to the acquisition of his division by Flextronics in 2004. Clark holds 13 U.S. patents. A fellow of the Optical Society of America, he has a master's in electro-optics from Northeastern University and a bachelor's in optics from the University of Rochester.
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Thomas Killick, VP Business Development
Thomas Killick was the director of business development at Precision Optical Systems, a pioneer in the camera phone market. In 2002, Precision Optical acquired Polaroid's commercial optics division, repurposed it for the camera phone market, and sold it to Flextronics in 2004. Killick has built strong relationships with many of the key players in the camera phone industry. He has served as the director of business development at several venture-capital-backed startups. He holds a bachelor's in mechanical engineering from Imperial College London.