PIC Product Engineer

We are seeking highly motivated engineers with excellent communication skills to support end-to-end product development from early architecture and specification through NPI and high-volume manufacturing. This role spans design interaction, yield engineering, test plan optimization, and manufacturing scalability, requiring deep technical expertise in III-V devices, strong data-driven decision-making, and cross-functional leadership. This role bridges device-level results to final module , performance and spans DVT validation to yield improvement.

The position provides a rich learning environment in a cross-functional team of PEs covering PICs, ASICs, Trosa and Modules and interfacing with hardware design, test, firmware/controls, reliability, and manufacturing team.  The ideal candidate has strong Photonic Engineering background, excels at data analysis, and enjoys a multi-disciplinary environment working to drive product solutions into place.

The position is based in Sunnyvale, CA.
 

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• Translate system requirements into detailed PIC specifications and ensure compliance through design, test, and Design Validation Test (DVT)
• Ensure products comply with specifications and capable of meeting yield targets
• Support proto line engineering on selection and delivery of development, proto, and pilot units
• Partner with Test Engineering to define test plans to comply with PIC specifications
• Partner with Design Engineering on design variant performance analysis and manufacturing down-selection 
• Track, troubleshoot, and support resolving PIC issues in collaboration with the design team.
• Evaluate capabilities, yields in preparation for volume ramp following product release.
• Transfer the product into manufacturing and support pilot yield and pareto analysis

• Ph.D. in Electrical Engineering or Physics involving photonics or semiconductors
• Expertise in III-V or related optoelectronic active device design, fabrication and test
• Team oriented, strong analytical skills, data driven decision making and excellent communication skills 

Fluent in larger data analysis using SQL, JMP or Python scripts