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Senior Photonic Device Designer
| Company | NVIDIA |
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| Location | Santa Clara, CA, USA |
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| Salary | $196000 – $368000 |
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| Type | Full-Time |
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| Degrees | Master’s, PhD |
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| Experience Level | Senior |
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Requirements
- MSEE (or equivalent experience)/PhD preferred
- 4+ years of experience in silicon based opto-electronics technologies
- Silicon photonics device design, fabrication, and characterization
- High-speed optical modulators, lasers and detectors
- Electrical and optical testing and statistical data analysis
- Guided wave and free space optics including optical alignment and fiber-to-waveguide coupling
- Lab experience with high-speed test equipment, such as AWG, DCA, VNA, BERT
- Highly experienced with simulation tools such as Ansys Lumerical, ZeMax
- Proficient in CAD tools such as Cadence, MATLAB, Python and Verilog-A scripting
- Familiarity with modern CMOS fabrication processes and concept is strongly preferred.
Responsibilities
- Work on the development of novel integrated photonic devices for high-speed optical interconnect and sensing applications
- Conduct chip layout circuit design, circuit checking, and device evaluation and characterization
- Perform prototype construction and checkout
- Develop measurement methodology and apparatus to test and characterize the fabricated devices and perform experiments to demonstrate their ability in various potential applications
- Respond to customer/client requests or events as they occur.
Preferred Qualifications
- Strong ability to learn and explore new technologies
- Good analysis and analytical skills
