SENSORIUM

Hyperspectral Detection and Imaging

Team

David J. Ferran

Chairman and CEO

Prof. Joshua Caldwell

Chief Science Officer, Co-Founder

Prof. Simone De Liberato

Chief Technology Officer, Co-Founder

Dr. Ryan Nolen

Lead Engineer

Dr. Christopher Gubbin

Research Engineer

Dr. Cassandra Bogh

Engineer

Walter Zens

Director of Development

Dan Goodman

Director of Product

Samer Hamdan

Director of Operations

Jason Plant

Director of Finance

Takaki Suzuki

Director of Sales, Asia

Austin Ayers

Technician

Elizabeth Ruetsch

Member of the Board of Directors

Caleb Dixon

Strategic Advisor

Sugar Legaspi

Executive Admin

Technical Advisory Board

Prof. Jae Song

Chairmen of Technical Advisory Board

Professor (특임교수) at Hanyang University - ERICA, College of Engineering Sciences. COMET & ASMPT - non executive member of the Board of Directors.

Prof. Jon-Paul Maria

Technical Advisory Board

Professor of Materials Science and Engineering at The Pennsylvania State University. Professor Emeritus at North Carolina State University.

Bill Valentine

Technical Advisory Board

Onicon, HVAC Division Vice President

Prof. Jason Valentine

Technical Advisory Board

Professor of Mechanical Engineering at Vanderbilt University. Deputy Director, Vanderbilt Institute of Nanoscale Science and Engineering.

Dr. Davide Venturelli

Technical Advisory Board, co-founder

Senior Research Scientist at NASA. USRA Fellow.

About

Sensorium Technological Laboratories is a spin-off out of Vanderbilt University in Nashville, Tennessee, USA. 

Sensorium’s hyperspectral imaging technology coupled with artificial intelligence (AI) will enable unprecedented applications in the semiconductor industry.

Our first product has already been shipped to customers for testing and extended evaluation.


Contact us for more information at info@sensoriumtl.com

News

Sensorium joins Plug & Play Innovation Expo

Austin, TX - May 27, 2025: Sensorium team participates in Plug and Play Innovation Expo, a private event gathering industry leaders, startup unicorns, and emerging companies.

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Sensorium Appoints Industry Veteran Liz Ruetsch to Board of Directors to Accelerate Global Growth and Strategic Impact

Nashville, TN – May 17, 2025: Sensorium today announced the appointment of Liz Ruetsch to its Board of Directors. A globally respected technology executive with over 30 years of leadership in semiconductor, quantum, and electronic design automation (EDA) markets, Ms. Ruetsch brings a wealth of experience in scaling innovation-driven businesses and championing diversity in deep-tech sectors.

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Sensorium's CTO awarded prestigious Fellowship

Nashville, TN – January 30, 2025: Sensorium CTO, Professor Simone De Liberato, has been awarded the title of Optica Fellow "For sustained contributions to our understanding of the extreme coupling regimes of light-matter interactions in solid-state cavity quantum electrodynamics".

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Sensorium Appoints Industry Veteran Samer Hamdan to Lead Expansion into Advanced Packaging Metrology and Defect Detection

Nashville, TN – November 28, 2024: Sensorium Technological Laboratories today announced the appointment of Samer Hamdan as Head of Advanced Packaging Initiatives. Mr. Hamdan will lead the company’s expansion into metrology and defect detection solutions for next-generation semiconductor packaging applications.

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Sensorium Labs unveils evidence for novel mid-infrared optoelectronic devices

Nashville, TN – November 27, 2024: Sensorium Technological Laboratories published evidence showcasing the potential for efficiently converting electrical energy into narrowband mid-infrared radiation using simple, cost-effective devices. Although still in the early stages of development, these findings have the potential to allow integration of mid-infrared functionality into consumer electronics and IoT devices.

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Sensorium Technological Laboratories Inc. Announces the Appointment of David J. Ferran as Chief Executive Officer

Nashville, USA - 16th May 2024: Sensorium Technological Laboratories (Sensorium) announced today that David J. Ferran will join the company as its Chief Executive Officer and shall report directly to the company’s Board of Directors. Mr. Ferran, who brings thirty plus years executive leadership experience to Sensorium, will lead the company in the commercialization of technologies developed by Sensorium’s global research team.

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Sensorium Technological Laboratories joins Quantonation’s portfolio and signs contract on materials for Radiative Cooling and Water Harvesting with TII Abu Dhabi

Paris, France, Boston and Nashville, USA – 13th November 2023: Quantonation the leading global quantum technology venture capital firm discloses a pre-seed investment in Vanderbilt University spin-out Sensorium Technological Laboratories (Sensorium TL), after a first year of operations perfecting its first product – the Tamm Sense high precision gas detector – and a contract with TII Abu Dhabi to develop a new range of products in climate tech.

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Technology Innovation Institute (TII) and Sensorium Technological Laboratories (STL) Join Forces on Radiative Cooling Technology for Sustainable Water Harvesting.

Paris, France, Boston and Nashville, USA – 13th November 2023: Sensorium Technological Laboratories (STL), a spinoff of Vanderbilt University designing and fabricating nanostructured materials with tailored photonic properties, is proud to announce a strategic partnership with the Technology Innovation Institute (TII), a global research center and applied research pillar of Abu Dhabi’s Advanced Technology Research Council (ATRC).

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Jobs

Senior Product Manager

Austin, TX, USA
Sensorium is a deep-technology startup company focused on developing advanced multidisciplinary (optics, imaging, mechanics, AI) solutions to existing and future problems in semiconductor manufacturing equipment. Our executive team has more than 170 years of combined experience in this market, and we have a strong integrity-based culture that focuses on respect and honest communications. We are looking for a Senior Product Manager for our inspection/metrology systems. 

  • The Senior Product Manager will manage the business (NOT the technology) of the Company’s defect inspection systems from initial customer problem identification all the way to product obsolescence/EOL.
  • Position will be based in Austin, TX, US with 25 - 50% travel, both domestic and international. Preference will be given to qualified applicants that are already located in the Austin metropolitan area.
  • Visa sponsorships are NOT available for this role.

  • Minimum of ten (10) years as a senior or principal product manager in semiconductor manufacturing capital equipment (i.e. unit sales price more than $250K USD) and specifically in back-end inspection and metrology systems.
  • Must have successfully managed at least one semiconductor capital equipment product line throughout its entire lifecycle. This includes initial customer problem discovery, product development, customer testing, market and launch planning, sustaining and metrics tracking, and obsolescence/EOL.
  • Experience with stage/gate new product development processes commonly used in hardware and systems engineering.
  • Technology and/or business degree(s) from accredited universities preferred.
  • Ability to develop strong relationships with internal Sales, Customer Service, Development, Operations, and Executive teams.
  • Communicate with other team members and customers with integrity and honesty.
  • Establish strong customer relationships with engineers and decision makers at major advanced semiconductor packaging companies (captive and outsourced).
  • Identify problems with these customers’ processes and equipment.
  • Develop solutions to these customer problems in collaboration with Research, Development, and Operations, and establish business cases for each such solution.
  • Develop and maintain the product roadmap, and ensure distribution to all affected employees.
  • Represent the “Voice of the Customer” during the product development process, and assist the development team to understand and incorporate customer requirements throughout the process.
  • Collaborate with Marketing, Executive, and Sales teams to develop and execute successful product launch plans, including beta customer testing and rollout.
  • Train customer-facing organization about new products, their features & benefits, and competitive products’ advantages and disadvantages.
  • Develop worldwide pricing matrix.
  • Track and analyze product’s financial and business metrics after launch, and develop corrective actions if metrics do not meet expectations.
  • Provide feedback to all internal groups from customers about problems, issues, and comments in regards to installed systems. Collaborate with other affected departments to devise corrective actions as appropriate.
  • Contribute to product improvement plans to reduce costs and improve product quality.
  • Provide demand forecast to Operations team.
  • Present regular product business summaries to executive team.
We offer a highly-competitive compensation package including salary, bonus, and equity.
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Contacts

  • 830 Fesslers Parkway Suite 100, Nashville, TN, USA 37210

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