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# Senior HR Business/Talent Partner at Lumilens

- **Company:** Lumilens
- **Location:** Chon Buri, Thailand
- **Employment:** full-time
- **Posted:** 2026-07-30
- **Last confirmed live:** 2026-11-09
- **Apply:** https://jobs.ashbyhq.com/lumilens/d871fab2-64fc-4309-8789-fdc414296ab7

## Job description

## ABOUT LUMILENS

At Lumilens we are building the critical photonics infrastructure that powers tomorrow’s AI supercomputing. From chip-to-chip optical interconnects to scalable photonic engines, Lumilens is unlocking a new era of computing - faster, cooler, and massively more efficient.

We’re a well-funded startup backed by Mayfield and led by veterans who’ve built and scaled some of the most transformative technologies in the industry. At Lumilens, we’re developing high-speed photonics products purpose-built to power the future of AI infrastructure and high-performance computing.

This isn’t incremental innovation, it’s a ground-floor opportunity to rethink the optical layer from the silicon up. You’ll work alongside a team of world-class engineers solving some of the hardest challenges in scaling optical systems. If you're looking for mission, momentum, and the chance to make an outsized impact, jump on the rocket ship. We’re just getting started. Job Description We are seeking a strategic, hands-on Senior HR Business & Talent Partner to serve as the HR lead for Lumilens’ two Thailand manufacturing sites in Chon Buri and Pinehurst. This role will partner closely with site leadership, hiring managers, and the global People team to build and execute the talent hiring strategy for both sites while providing senior-level HR partnership across employee experience, onboarding, workforce planning, and people operations. The ideal candidate brings strong HR business partnership, talent acquisition experience, and the ability to create practical, scalable HR processes in a fast-growing manufacturing environment.

Recruiting & Talent Strategy

- Lead the talent acquisition strategy for both Thailand manufacturing sites, with a focus on building strong pipelines for production, engineering, operations, quality, and site leadership roles
- Partner with site leaders and hiring managers to understand workforce plans, prioritize critical hiring needs, and translate business goals into clear recruiting plans
- Own full-cycle recruiting activities, including sourcing strategy, screening, interview coordination, candidate communication, offer support, and hiring process follow-through
- Use market insights, hiring data, and candidate pipeline trends to improve recruiting effectiveness, speed, and quality of hire across both sites
- Build consistent, high-quality candidate and hiring manager experiences that reflect Lumilens’ culture, pace, and expectations

HR Business Partnership & Employee Experience

- Serve as the primary HR partner for employees and managers across the Chon Buri and Pinehurst manufacturing sites
- Provide day-to-day guidance to managers on employee relations, performance conversations, organizational changes, and people-related decisions, escalating sensitive matters as appropriate
- Partner with global HR, site leadership, IT, Finance, and cross-functional teams to ensure HR programs are implemented clearly and consistently across Thailand
- Strengthen onboarding for Thailand new hires, ensuring employees are set up for success from offer acceptance through their first 90 days
- Create and maintain clear 30, 60, and 90 day onboarding plans in partnership with managers, HR, and site teams
- Identify opportunities to improve HR processes, communication, and employee experience as Lumilens scales its Thailand manufacturing operations

## Qualifications

- Bachelor’s degree in Human Resources, Business, or a related field required; master’s degree preferred
- 8 to 12 years of progressive HR experience, including HR business partnership and full-cycle recruiting experience
- Experience supporting manufacturing, operations, engineering, or other site-based workforces preferred
- Strong ability to partner with site leaders, influence hiring decisions, and balance strategic priorities with hands-on execution
- Demonstrated ability to build recruiting pipelines, manage hiring processes, and use data to improve hiring outcomes
- Excellent judgment, communication skills, and comfort working across local and global teams in a fast-paced environment

## What We Offer

- Competitive salary commensurate with experience
- Comprehensive benefits package including health insurance
- Professional development opportunities and certification support
- Access to cutting-edge photonics technology and advanced packaging environments
- Collaborative work environment with cross-functional teams solving complex engineering challenges

*Lumilens is an equal opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration without regard to race, color, religion, gender, identity, orientation, veteran status, disability, or any other legally protected status.

## About Lumilens

## Company Overview
- **One-liner**: Lumilens designs and manufactures next-generation photonic interconnects to massively scale AI compute infrastructure.
- **Entity Type**: Private (Series B – led by Accton Technology; prior Series A of $30M from Mayfield and Spark Capital)
- **Headquarters**: San Jose, California, USA
- **Founded**: 2024
- **Founders**: Ankur Singla (CEO), Samuel Liu (VP Products), Ritesh Kapahi (VP/GM India), Dave Friedman (VP Operations)

## Core Business
- **Primary industry**: Photonics / optical interconnects for AI data centers
- **Target customers**: Large-scale AI providers and hyperscale data center operators (B2B, Enterprise)
- **Mission**: “To rapidly innovate in photonics and connectivity architectures to enable the massive scaling of compute infrastructure required to deliver the full potential of AI.”

## Products & Services
- **Photonic Interconnects (Scale-Out & Scale-Up)**: High-density, low-latency optical links that enable cluster-to-cluster and direct GPU-to-GPU connectivity. Supports 100x higher quantity of GPU direct connections than legacy approaches.
  - *Type*: Hardware (silicon photonics modules) + integrated manufacturing
- **Automated Manufacturing Platform**: End-to-end custom robotics and AI-optimized production processes to maximize yield, quality, and supply-chain flexibility.
  - *Type*: Service / Manufacturing capability (in-house)

## Market Standing
- **Valuation/Market Cap**: Not publicly available
- **Key Metric**: Total funding – $30M Series A (June 2024); Series B led by Accton Technology (amount undisclosed)
- **Notable Investors/Partners**: Mayfield, Spark Capital, Accton Technology
- **Growth Signals**:
  - Headcount grew 287% YoY (54 employees as of mid-2025) [linkedin.com]
  - Operations in 8 countries: USA, India, Thailand, Poland, Singapore, Czechia, South Korea, Malaysia
  - 48 active job postings (+23.1% monthly growth) [linkedin.com]
  - Leadership team with deep photonics/networking experience from Cisco, Juniper, Meta, Lumentum, Coherent

## Competitive Advantages
- **In-house silicon photonics development** – full control over design and supply chain
- **Systems-level expertise** – can partner on both scale-out and scale-up architectures
- **Manufacturing automation** – robotics + AI processes enable faster innovation, higher quality, and predictable deployment
- **Standards-based interconnects** – easy deployment into existing infrastructure
- **Manufacturing anywhere** – supply-chain continuity and scalable manufacturing

## Strategic Focus
- Enable massive scaling of AI infrastructure by overcoming electrical/copper limitations with advanced photonics
- Disaggregate GPUs to mitigate power and density challenges in data centers
- Expand manufacturing capacity globally and continue to automate production
- Align product roadmap with industry standards to accelerate adoption

## Why Work Here
- **Culture**: Fast-paced startup environment with deep technical expertise; mission-driven focus on enabling the future of AI
- **Work policy**: In-office (HQ San Jose, CA with Bengaluru, India as major hub) [builtin.com]
- **Perks**: Opportunity to work on cutting-edge photonics, robotics, and AI manufacturing; direct impact on world’s largest AI infrastructure
- **Engineering culture**: Heavy emphasis on silicon photonics, hardware design, robotics automation, and system-level architecture. Teams are led by veterans from Cisco, Juniper, Meta, Lumentum, Coherent.

## Sources
1. [lumilens.com](https://lumilens.com/) – Company overview, mission, leadership, products
2. [lumilens.com/company](https://lumilens.com/company) – Vision, investors, leadership team
3. [builtin.com](https://builtin.com/company/lumilens) – Career page, employee count, year founded, office policy
4. [linkedin.com](https://www.linkedin.com/company/lumilens) – Headcount, funding details, geographic/department breakdown, job trends, talent sources
5. [jobs.ashbyhq.com](https://jobs.ashbyhq.com/lumilens) – Current job openings (48 listings)

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