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# Staff Module Engineering Program Manager at Aeva, Inc.

- **Company:** Aeva, Inc.
- **Location:** Mountain View, CA
- **Compensation:** $155k–$210k
- **Employment:** full-time
- **Work type:** onsite
- **Posted:** 2025-11-19
- **Last confirmed live:** 2026-09-10
- **Apply:** https://jobs.lever.co/aeva/c7d1ac3c-d5d1-4482-b23a-e863fe0bce0b

## Job description

About us: Aeva’s mission is to bring the next wave of perception to a broad range of applications from automated driving to industrial robotics, consumer electronics, consumer health, security, and beyond. Aeva is transforming autonomy with its groundbreaking sensing and perception technology that integrates all key LiDAR components onto a silicon photonics chip in a compact module. Aeva 4D LiDAR sensors uniquely detect instant velocity in addition to 3D position, allowing autonomous devices like vehicles and robots to make more intelligent and safe decisions.

Role Overview: We are looking for an Engineering Program Manager - Module, who has experience leading complex, technical development efforts including management of build/test activity and vendor relationships to deliver high-quality products on time. The candidate will need to have a strong understanding of high-volume manufacturing process flows with an ability to coordinate the release and delivery of products to ensure company milestones stay on schedule.

What You’ll Be Doing:

- Work with photonics and packaging project teams to drive design, validation, process development, and production activities
- Oversee development of fixtures and testers to support design and manufacturing activities
- Drive closure on technical issues and development roadblocks to ensure projects meet top-level requirements and are delivered on time
- Develop/manage project schedules and effectively communicate program risks/status regularly to key stakeholders
- Serve as program interface for development activities with key suppliers

What You Have:

- Experience leading photonics, semiconductor laser diode, and/or transceiver development projects from design to production
- Demonstrated experience with semiconductor development workflows specific to silicon photonics tapeouts, wafer test, and module development
- Familiarity with photonic, and III-V fabrication processes and technologies
- Strong facilitation skills to lead efficient design requirements, status, and review meetings
- Good understanding of photonics module packaging development, including active alignment, flip chip, wire-bonding, etc
- Good understanding of validation and production test flows from wafer to module
- Excellent communication and presentation skills
- Experience shipping complex projects within an aggressive timeline
- Experience with efficient organization of work across the organization through scrum and agile framework
- Ability to rapidly adapt and work independently in a fast-moving startup environment
- Experience with automotive supply chain (preferred, but not required)
- Experience with Atlassian tools (e.g. Confluence, JIRA) and Smartsheets to manage development efforts (preferred, but not required)

What's in it for you:

- Be part of a fast paced and dynamic team
- Very competitive compensation and meaningful stock grants
- Exceptional benefits: Medical, Dental, Vision, and more
- Unlimited PTO: We care about results, not punching timecards

Aeva is an Equal Opportunity Employer including protected Veterans and individuals with disabilities.

## About Aeva, Inc.

## Company Overview
- **One-liner**: Aeva provides next-generation sensing and perception systems using unique Frequency Modulated Continuous Wave (FMCW) 4D LiDAR technology for autonomous navigation, industrial automation, and AI infrastructure.
- **Entity Type**: Public (NYSE: AEVA)
- **Headquarters**: Mountain View, California, United States
- **Founded**: 2017
- **Founders**: Soroush Salehian (CEO), Mina Rezk (CTO)

## Core Business
- **Primary industry**: Automotive (LiDAR for autonomous vehicles), with expanding focus on AI data center optical connectivity
- **Target customers**: B2B – automotive OEMs (Daimler Truck, Torc Robotics), industrial automation, smart infrastructure, robotics, and hyperscale data centers
- **Mission**: “Bring the next wave of perception to a broad range of applications from automated driving, manufacturing automation and smart infrastructure, to robotics and consumer devices” [aeva.com](https://www.aeva.com/)

## Products & Services
- **Aeva Atlas™**: Long-range automotive-grade 4D LiDAR for industrial and automotive production programs (available now) [aeva.com](https://www.aeva.com/)
- **Aeva Atlas™ Ultra**: Slimmest long-range high-resolution automotive-grade 4D LiDAR for SAE L3/L4 production programs (available first half of 2026) [aeva.com](https://www.aeva.com/)
- **Aeva Omni™**: Wide-view short-range 4D LiDAR enabling a broad set of physical AI applications (available second half of 2026) [aeva.com](https://www.aeva.com/)
- **Aeva Eve™ 1**: High-precision laser speed sensors for factory automation using FMCW technology (available now) [aeva.com](https://www.aeva.com/)
- **Aeva CoreVision™**: 4D LiDAR-on-Chip module integrating all key LiDAR elements using silicon photonics [aeva.com](https://www.aeva.com/)
- **4D Perception™ Software**: Onboard AI-powered software built on the custom Aeva X1™ processor [aeva.com](https://www.aeva.com/)
- **Optical Connectivity Business**: Expansion into AI data center infrastructure using Aeva’s high-power optical source and silicon photonics (announced August 2026 with first hyperscaler customer) [aeva.com](https://investors.aeva.com/)

## Market Standing
- **Valuation / Market Cap**: ~$695.5 million (as of recent data) [linkedin.com](https://www.linkedin.com/company/aevainc)
- **Key Metric**: Annual revenue of $18.1 million (FY2025 estimated); Q2 2026 revenue $6.136 million [linkedin.com](https://www.linkedin.com/company/aevainc)
- **Total Funding**: $811.5 million across 8 rounds (including $243M corporate round, $320M post-IPO equity led by Sylebra Capital, $100M post-IPO debt led by Apollo) [linkedin.com](https://www.linkedin.com/company/aevainc)
- **Notable Investors/Partners**: Sylebra Capital, Apollo, InterPrivate Acquisition Corp. (SPAC partner), Daimler Truck AG, Torc Robotics
- **Growth Signals**: Year-over-year headcount growth of +6.6% (191 employees); delivered production intent Atlas sensors to Daimler Truck and Torc; launched Optical Connectivity business with a hyperscaler targeting initial deployment in second half of 2027; 36 active job postings (up 500% YoY) [linkedin.com](https://www.linkedin.com/company/aevainc)

## Competitive Advantages
- **Unique FMCW Technology**: Measures velocity and range simultaneously, enabling more intelligent and safe decisions compared to traditional ToF (time-of-flight) LiDAR [aeva.com](https://www.aeva.com/)
- **LiDAR-on-Chip**: Aeva CoreVision module integrates all key LiDAR elements on silicon photonics, reducing cost and size [aeva.com](https://www.aeva.com/)
- **AI-Powered Onboard Software**: Custom Aeva X1 processor with perception algorithms that run directly on the sensor [aeva.com](https://www.aeva.com/)
- **Dual-Market Position**: Strong in automotive (autonomous trucks) and now expanding into high-growth AI data center connectivity

## Strategic Focus
- **Automotive Production Programs**: Ramping Atlas for Daimler Truck and Torc Robotics autonomous truck program; developing Atlas Ultra and Omni for next-generation vehicles [linkedin.com](https://www.linkedin.com/company/aevainc)
- **AI Infrastructure**: Launching Optical Connectivity business to serve hyperscale data centers with silicon photonics-based interconnects [investors.aeva.com](https://investors.aeva.com/)
- **Continued Technology Leadership**: Advancing FMCW LiDAR and silicon photonics for broader applications (industrial automation, robotics, smart infrastructure)

## Why Work Here
- **Culture**: “Passionate about solving the critical challenge of autonomous mobility” – described as a mission-driven, fast-paced environment [aeva.com/careers](https://www.aeva.com/careers/)
- **Perks & Benefits**:
  - Comprehensive medical, dental, and vision coverage [aeva.com/careers](https://www.aeva.com/careers/)
  - Wellness benefits (Gympass, Headspace, Cleo, and more) [aeva.com/careers](https://www.aeva.com/careers/)
  - 401(k) matching + Mega Roth option [aeva.com/careers](https://www.aeva.com/careers/)
  - Paid holidays, unlimited vacation, generous parental leave [aeva.com/careers](https://www.aeva.com/careers/)
  - Free lunch daily, weekly food trucks, unlimited snacks/coffee [aeva.com/careers](https://www.aeva.com/careers/)
  - Free electric vehicle (EV) charging at the office [aeva.com/careers](https://www.aeva.com/careers/)
- **Work Environment**: Hybrid/office presence expected; primary offices in Mountain View, CA and Rochester, NY. Engineering-heavy workforce (42% technical roles). Many employees come from top tech companies (Intel, Apple, Waymo, Meta) [linkedin.com](https://www.linkedin.com/company/aevainc)
- **Growth Opportunities**: Rapidly scaling company with 36 open positions across engineering, product, operations, and IT; strong emphasis on innovation and cutting-edge technology
- **Employer Rating**: 2.9/5 on Glassdoor (50 reviews) – work-life balance 3.0, compensation 3.1, culture 2.8, career 2.7. Reviewers note high expectations but meaningful work in autonomous driving [linkedin.com](https://www.linkedin.com/company/aevainc)

## Sources
1. [aeva.com](https://www.aeva.com/) – Company website, product pages, technology overview
2. [aeva.com/careers](https://www.aeva.com/careers/) – Careers page, benefits, culture
3. [jobs.lever.co/aeva](https://jobs.lever.co/aeva) – Current open positions
4. [linkedin.com/company/aevainc](https://www.linkedin.com/company/aevainc) – LinkedIn company page (employees, funding, financials, reviews)
5. [investors.aeva.com](https://investors.aeva.com/) – Investor relations, earnings, press releases (Optical Connectivity launch)

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