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Silicon Photonic Engineer

San Jose💼 Full-time🗓 2026-08-28 → 2026-09-25

Core

Lead the development and validation of packaged silicon photonics solutions, including optical engine integration and co-packaged optics, to enable high-performance optical interconnects for AI supercomputing.

Role type

Senior IC silicon photonic engineer (product & validation)

Builds

Packaged silicon photonics engines, optical I/O solutions, and optical interconnect products

Domain

Semiconductor photonics / AI infrastructure

Deliverable

production ML models | product features

Required skills

silicon photonics design, packaged optics integration, optical link budget analysis, test strategy definition, cross-functional product execution, manufacturing considerations, lab experimentation

Preferred skills

Python scripting for test automation, hyperscale data center customer experience, fiber attach technologies, optical assembly processes

Technologies

Python, simulation and modeling tools, test equipment

Responsibilities

Define product requirements balancing performance, cost, and manufacturability; serve as technical interface with customers and partners; perform optical link analysis and impairment assessment; translate system goals into execution plans for hardware, firmware, and manufacturing; lead development of packaged optics solutions; define and execute testing strategies from EVT to SVT

Seniority

Senior, hands-on IC with leadership responsibilities

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