Senior Principal Validation Engineer, VCSEL Optical Interconnect Test Platforms
Overview
In this role you drive validation for a VCSEL-based optical interconnect program, shaping test platforms and measurement methods across global labs. You collaborate with multi-disciplinary teams to bring up and validate high-speed hardware from first silicon to tape-out. You'll design platforms, automate tests, and mentor engineers while partnering with optics vendors to ensure robust signal integrity and performance. This is a hands-on, leadership-focused position with meaningful impact on next-gen data-center interconnects.
Retribuzione / Benefits
- premio and equity plans
- new hire equity grant
- annual equity refreshers
- competitive compensation
- great benefits
- inclusive work environment
Responsabilità
- Set program direction for validation and bench strategy across multiple labs
- Define team roles, skills, and roadmaps for instruments and measurement methodologies
- Design and build electrical/optical test platforms and benches for VCSEL interconnects
- Develop hardware (PCBs, boards, fixtures) and manage fabrication/assembly with partners
- Create measurement techniques for optical/electrical links and validate high-speed interfaces
- Evaluate and select instruments; specify purchase requirements
- Bring up and characterize electro-optical chiplets with cross-functional teams
- Automate data collection and analysis using Python; ensure data flows and correlation
- Document test plans, reports, and guidelines; contribute technical collateral
- Build and lead a global team, mentoring engineers and coordinating with vendors
Requisiti fondamentali
- 15+ years of related experience with a Bachelor's, or 10+ years with a Master's/PhD
- Expert-level experience in high-speed electrical lab measurements (oscilloscopes, BERT, VNA/TDR, AWG, spectrum analyzers)
- Expert-level optical lab measurements (power meters, OSAs, photoreceivers, fiber handling)
- Bench automation in Python (SCPI/VISA/GPIB) and data analysis (Python, MATLAB, JMP or R)
- Knowledge of high-speed board design: SI/PI, transmission lines, PCB materials, fabrication
- Experience with OrCAD/Allegro or equivalent tools
- Strong fundamentals in communication systems and analog/digital circuits
- Proven technical leadership across sites and cross-functional teams
- Good troubleshooting and root-cause analysis skills
- Fluent English; experience working with remote teams across multiple countries
- Leadership and team-building
- Strong communication
- Cross-functional collaboration
- High-speed electrical lab instrumentation
- Optical lab instrumentation and alignment
- VCSELs and optical components understanding
In this role you drive validation for a VCSEL-based optical interconnect program, shaping test platforms and measurement methods across global labs. You collaborate with multi-disciplinary teams to bring up and validate high-speed hardware from first silicon to tape-out. You'll design platforms, automate tests, and mentor engineers while partnering with optics vendors to ensure robust signal integrity and performance. This is a hands-on, leadership-focused position with meaningful impact on next-gen data-center interconnects.
Retribuzione / Benefits
- premio and equity plans
- new hire equity grant
- annual equity refreshers
- competitive compensation
- great benefits
- inclusive work environment
Responsabilità
- Set program direction for validation and bench strategy across multiple labs
- Define team roles, skills, and roadmaps for instruments and measurement methodologies
- Design and build electrical/optical test platforms and benches for VCSEL interconnects
- Develop hardware (PCBs, boards, fixtures) and manage fabrication/assembly with partners
- Create measurement techniques for optical/electrical links and validate high-speed interfaces
- Evaluate and select instruments; specify purchase requirements
- Bring up and characterize electro-optical chiplets with cross-functional teams
- Automate data collection and analysis using Python; ensure data flows and correlation
- Document test plans, reports, and guidelines; contribute technical collateral
- Build and lead a global team, mentoring engineers and coordinating with vendors
Requisiti fondamentali
- 15+ years of related experience with a Bachelor's, or 10+ years with a Master's/PhD
- Expert-level experience in high-speed electrical lab measurements (oscilloscopes, BERT, VNA/TDR, AWG, spectrum analyzers)
- Expert-level optical lab measurements (power meters, OSAs, photoreceivers, fiber handling)
- Bench automation in Python (SCPI/VISA/GPIB) and data analysis (Python, MATLAB, JMP or R)
- Knowledge of high-speed board design: SI/PI, transmission lines, PCB materials, fabrication
- Experience with OrCAD/Allegro or equivalent tools
- Strong fundamentals in communication systems and analog/digital circuits
- Proven technical leadership across sites and cross-functional teams
- Good troubleshooting and root-cause analysis skills
- Fluent English; experience working with remote teams across multiple countries
- Leadership and team-building
- Strong communication
- Cross-functional collaboration
- High-speed electrical lab instrumentation
- Optical lab instrumentation and alignment
- VCSELs and optical components understanding