Sr. Engineer, Systems and Hardware Validation

$120,000 - $165,000/Yr

Ayar Labs - San Jose, CA

Full-time - Mid Level

San Jose, CA

Professional, Scientific, and Technical Services

About the position

The Sr. Engineer, Systems and Hardware Validation at Ayar Labs is responsible for validating multi-wavelength sources and CMOS chiplet performance. This role involves both component level design validation and system performance assessment to ensure a seamless deployment of technology to customers. The engineer will engage in chip and laser characterization, troubleshooting, and resolving engineering challenges as products transition from initial release to customer release. A strong understanding of laser, photonics, CMOS, and system-level concepts is essential, along with experience in complex test and measurement techniques.

Responsibilities

• Collaborate with Design Engineering to bring-up leading edge silicon photonic and laser products.
• Define validation methods required to guarantee products meet both component level and system level product requirements.
• Perform design validation on new chips/products by electrically and optically characterizing VLSI integrated circuits and optoelectronic systems.
• Collaborate with a multi-disciplinary team on product improvements through Automatic Test Equipment (ATE), bench characterization, etc.
• Lead New Product Introduction (NPI) by collaborating with Design, Package, and Reliability Engineering.
• Author and maintain customer facing validation reports and documentation.
• Drive critical decisions around design trade off and spec relaxation to enable products to ship to customers.
• Develop and maintain software scripts required for validation and test hardware stations.
• Maintain schedule and execution so that product timelines can meet customer demand.

Requirements

• Masters of Science degree in electrical engineering, computer science, computer engineering or equivalent.
• Minimum 2 years of experience with semiconductor lasers, photonics, system test, and validation.
• Experience with component and system test equipment (Bit error rate tester, DCA, OSA, scope) and standard signal quality metrics used in optical standards (TDECQ, SRS, URS, etc).
• Good programming skills (e.g. Python, C, etc).

Nice-to-haves

• PhD in electrical engineering, computer science, computer engineering or equivalent.