Summary
Frank Wu is a Sr. Staff Optical Development Engineer based in the San Francisco Bay Area with 11 years of hands-on experience designing and scaling optical integration, alignment, and assembly processes for LiDAR and advanced photonic systems. At Intel he served as a tech lead and architected the company’s LiDAR optical package and pilot R&D/NPI pilot line, delivering the first optical module in 2021. Previously he led multi-project optical process development and automation at Lumentum, earning a USPTO patent for an optical alignment and attachment process. His background spans government-grade electro-optical systems and multiple SBIR-led laser programs where he built labs, field-validated tracking systems, and set a 10 km lasing-cavity record—evidence of deep experimental and systems-level expertise. A practical coder and remote sensing enthusiast on GitHub, he blends hands-on optics, automation, and productization skills to move novel photonics from prototype to production.
11 years of coding experience
1 year of employment as a software developer
Chinese, English