Staff/Sr Staff Electro-Optic Codesign Engineer
Core
Own end-to-end simulation, co-design, and laboratory verification of photonic-electronic links in Passage™, from device modeling to system-level BER characterization.
Role type
Staff/Sr Staff Electro-Optic Codesign Engineer
Builds
High-fidelity simulation infrastructure linking optical device performance to system-level BER and link margin for Passage™
Domain
AI data center photonics / high-speed electro-optic interconnects
Deliverable
production ML models | product features
Required skills
Photonic device physics, Silicon photonic modulators, Ge photodetectors, Optical link budgeting, Monte Carlo variation sweeps, PVT studies, Analog and mixed-signal simulation, High-speed lab instrumentation (VNA, OMA, BER test sets), Python scripting, SERDES architecture (FFE, DFE, CDR)
Preferred skills
Silicon photonics tape-out experience, Co-packaged optics (CPO) integration, DSP for optical communications, Statistical design methodologies
Technologies
VPI Photonics, Lumerical FDTD/INTERCONNECT, Cadence Virtuoso/Spectre, Keysight ADS, Python
Responsibilities
Develop electro-optic link simulation models covering photonic device, propagation, and channel BER; Build multi-physics models combining optical propagation and analog circuit behavior; Execute corner analysis and PVT studies to bound link margin; Co-optimize transmitter driver and receiver front-end with analog circuit designers; Contribute to photonic link budgets end-to-end; Author test protocols and iterate link models against measured data; Diagnose root causes of link performance gaps; Author photonic link architectural specifications and design-entry criteria; Propose photonic and electronic co-design opportunities to improve link margin and power efficiency
Seniority
Staff/Sr Staff, hands-on IC with architecture ownership
