If you're interested in joining our team, please review the open positions below, and submit your resume & cover letter to info@alpineoptoelectronics.com
Alpine optoelectronics is a vertically integrated optical transceiver company. Candidate with expertise in Silicon Photonics design, foundry interface, packaging, and testing is solicited to join a dynamic team in a startup environment. She/he is expected to participate in the development of photonic integrated circuits (PIC's) for data center and 5G optical network applications.
The candidate’s scope of responsibilities include:
- Passive or active photonic device design, simulation, and layout using state-of-the-art modelling and layout tools;
- Device and PIC test/characterization and data analysis;
- Interaction with the silicon photonics foundry.
- Packaging design
- Component and PIC reliability
Qualifications and Skills
- Master's degree with 3+ years of industrial experience or Ph.D. with 1+ years of experience in Electrical Engineering, Photonics or a related field with emphasis on integrated optics;
- 3+ years of direct experience in silicon photonics component design and/or testing;
- Direct experience in design flow and layout scripting;
- Experience with at least one silicon photonic foundry and its PDK, including process optimization and layout;
- Experience with passive components, such as edge coupler, grating coupler, MMI, polarization converter, and/or experience with active components, such as modulators and photodetectors; and Coherent Optics (ICT and ICR) is strongly desired;
- Experience with RF design, and high-speed measurement;
- Experience with test instrumentation and automation, hand's on in the lab
- Experience with optical subassembly processes, placement/alignment procedures and technology is a plus;
- Background in semiconductor device physics is a plus;
- Strong analytical and problem-solving skills;
- Good communication skills, self-motivation, and team player attributes.
Work Location: Fremont, California
Alpine optoelectronics, a vertically integrated optical transceiver company, solicits candidates with expertise in Silicon Photonics design and testing. Candidate will join a dynamic team in a startup environment, and she/he will participate in the development of photonic integrated circuits (PIC's) for data center and 5G optical network applications.
The candidate’s scope of responsibilities could involve one or more of the following activities,
- Silicon photonics component and PIC test/characterization, and data analysis;
- Silicon photonics component, process control module design and layout
- Script and/or EDA tool based layout generation, Design Rule Check (DRC) deck generation
- Component and PIC reliability
Qualifications and Skills
- Master's degree with 2+ years of industrial experience or Bachelor with 3+ years industrial experience in Electrical Engineering, Photonics or a related field with emphasis on integrated optics;
- Experience with test instrumentation and automation, hand's on in the lab
- Experience with RF design, and high-speed measurement;
- 2+ years of direct experience in silicon photonics component design and/or testing;
- Direct experience in design flow and layout scripting;
- Experience with passive components, such as edge coupler, grating coupler, MMI, polarization converter, and/or experience with active components, such as modulators and photodetectors;
- Experience with Python, C or C#, LabView, or other programming languages for instrumentation control; Matlab for data analysis
- Good communication skills, self-motivation, and team player attributes
Work Location: Fremont, California
Alpine optoelectronics, a vertically integrated optical transceiver company, solicits candidates with expertise in Silicon Photonics design and testing. Candidate will join a dynamic team in a startup environment, and she/he will participate in the development of photonic integrated circuits (PIC's) for data center and 5G optical network applications.
The candidate’s scope of responsibilities could involve one or more of the following activities,
- Silicon photonics component and PIC test/characterization, and data analysis;
- Silicon photonics component, process control module design and layout
- Script and/or EDA tool based layout generation, Design Rule Check (DRC) deck generation
- Component and PIC reliability
Qualifications and Skills
- Master's degree with 2+ years of industrial experience or Bachelor with 3+ years industrial experience in Electrical Engineering, Photonics or a related field with emphasis on integrated optics;
- Experience with test instrumentation and automation, hand's on in the lab
- Experience with RF design, and high-speed measurement;
- 2+ years of direct experience in silicon photonics component design and/or testing;
- Direct experience in design flow and layout scripting;
- Experience with passive components, such as edge coupler, grating coupler, MMI, polarization converter, and/or experience with active components, such as modulators and photodetectors;
- Experience with Python, C or C#, LabView, or other programming languages for instrumentation control; Matlab for data analysis
- Good communication skills, self-motivation, and team player attributes
Work Location: Fremont, California
This position will be responsible for optical transceiver FW development to support next-generation data communications and coherent transmission products. The responsibility spans from the concepts through the design and development into the mass production.
The scope of the responsibility includes:
- Lead FW team to design, develop, implement, debug and test embedded software for coherent and Pulse Amplitude Modulation (PAM) optical transceivers to meet Ethernet and Optical Transport Network (OTN) product requirements (MSA standard spec);
- Develop advanced high speed optical modulator/receiver control algorithms for highly integrated optical transceivers;
- Participate in design reviews, collaborate with transceiver hardware designers to complete embedded module controller related hardware platform selection and design;
- Perform hands-on hardware bring up, transceiver module debugging and code optimization;
- Support customer design-in activities with close cooperation with other team members;
- Provide instructions to Jr. Firmware engineer and review their design.
Qualifications and Skills
- Bachelors or above in Computer Science, Electrical Engineering or equivalent;
- 7+ years of experience with embedded software and protocol design;
- MCU architecture, Microcontrollers and DSP processors.
- Hands-on experience with the I2C, MDIO and SPI protocols.
- Strong skills in optical transceiver FW development
- Solid knowledge of Telecom/Datacom standards (OTN, Ethernet) and 100G/400G optical transceiver MSAs (CFPx, QSFP, OSFP, COBO)
- Experience with optical transceiver testing automation for mass production
- Experience in developing DSP (Digital Signal Processing) algorithms, tunable laser, MZ modulator control algorithm, calibration method is highly desirable.
- Experience in 100G/200G/400G coherent/PAM4 transceiver is strong plus
- Good verbal and written communication/presentation skills for expressing technical ideas and initiatives.
- Self-motivated and good teamwork skills.
- Risk taking to explore new possibilities for improvement and innovation.
- Experience with source control and bug tracking tools, including GIT, Jira, SVN, Bugzilla
Applicants must be authorized to work in the U.S.
Work location: Silicon Valley, California