# Process Development Lead Engineer

Job Title: Process Development Lead Engineer Company: Phlux Technology Ltd Location: Sheffield, UK (on-site, 4-5 days/week) Type: Full-Time Reports to: Director of Technology The Company: Phlux is an award-winning tech start-up based in Sheffield, UK. The company is a Fabless Photonics III-V Chip Company founded in 2020 as a spin-out from the University of Sheffield. Phlux designs and supplies the world’s highest performing SWIR detectors and receivers based on our groundbreaking material development that will be at the heart of advanced driver safety features using LIDAR, ultra-fast low latency communication networks, and seeing the invisible with 3D imaging. Phlux is a revenue-generating company with a team of 26 skilled professionals spanning operations, sales and marketing, engineering, semiconductor devices, and finance. Following a £9M Series A funding round Phlux is now scaling rapidly and seeking passionate individuals to join our innovative team. The Role: We are seeking a proactive and resourceful Process Development Lead Engineer to develop, optimise and industrialise Phlux's III-V semiconductor technologies. This role offers the opportunity to support scale-up of our ex

- **Id**: 3976550
- **Url**: <https://alion.io/job/phlux-technology-process-development-lead-engineer>
- **Role**: Industrial Engineering
- **Role family**: Industrial Engineering
- **Seniority**: lead
- **Employment type**: full_time
- **Work mode**: on_site
- **Hiring geo confidence**: explicit
- **Locations**: Sheffield, United Kingdom
- **Countries**: GB
- **Hiring countries total**: 0
- **Visa sponsorship**: no
- **Relocation package**: yes
- **Has equity**: yes
- **Status**: live
- **First seen at**: 2026-11-09T14:35:49Z
- **Employer posted date**: 2026-11-09
- **Last verified at**: 2026-11-09T18:17:44Z
- **Board verified**: yes
- **Days open**: 0
- **Description format**: text
- **Description chars**: 6438
- **Description truncated**: no
- **Benefits**: Annual leave, Professional development, Stock options
- **Relocation offered**: yes
- **Industries**: Hardware, Earth Observation, Robotic Components & Sensors

## Company

- **Id**: 2448800
- **Name**: Phlux Technology
- **Domain**: phluxtechnology.com
- **Url**: <https://alion.io/company/phluxtechnology>
- **Size band**: 11-50
- **Is staffing agency**: no
- **Employer type**: direct
- **Is intermediary**: no
- **Ats vendor**: Teamtailor

## Technologies

- **Design of Experiments** — Optional: no
- **Photolithography** — Optional: no
- **Plasma Etch** — Optional: no
- **Avalanche** — Optional: yes
- **Statistical Process Control** — Optional: yes

## Trust

- **Level**: ok
- **Days open**: 0

## Requirements

- **Manages managers**: no
- **Security clearance**: no

## Hiring locations

- **United Kingdom** — Iso: GB; Kind: country

## Lifecycle

- Event: open; At: 2026-11-09T18:17:44Z

## Visa

- Country: GB; Licensed sponsor: yes; Adverts offering sponsorship 24m: 0; Sanctioned now: no; Evidence: Licensed UK visa sponsor (Skilled Worker); Route: Skilled Worker

## Liveness

- **Score**: 86
- **Band**: hot
- **Label**: Hiring now
- **P open**: 1
- **P active**: 0.86
- **P room**: 1
- **Age days**: 0
- **Expected fill days**: 27
- **Reasons**: conf:1, win:early
- **Computed at**: 2026-11-09T20:15:27Z

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