This position will be responsible for developing silicon photonics components, and photonic integrated circuits (PIC's) to support next-generation data communications and 5G optical network applications. The responsibility spans from concept design, modeling & simulation to layout, and product testing. The candidate is expected to be responsible for product level layout and improve the efficiency of tape-out process by implementing LVS and advanced error detection mechanism using Calibre nmDRC deck.

The position could be a junior, senior, or principal role depending on candidate’s qualification.

The scope of the responsibilities includes:

• Passive or active photonic device design, simulation, and layout using state-of-the-art modelling and layout tools

• Interaction with the silicon foundry (optional)

• Device and PIC test/characterization (limited)

Qualifications and Skills

• Ph.D (or Master's) in Electrical Engineering, Physics or a related discipline with emphasis on Integrated Photonics, with 2+ yr (5+yr for Master degree holder) direct experience in Silicon Photonics device design.

• Direct experience in design flow and layout scripting;

• Tape-out experience with at least one Silicon Photonic foundry, and its PDK

• Experience with passive optics, such as edge coupler, grating coupler, MMI, polarization splitter and rotator are strongly desired

• Experience with photonic test instrumentation, hands-on in the lab

• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills

• Good communication skills, self-motivation, and team player attributes.

Work Location: Silicon Valley, California

Alpine optoelectronics is a vertically integrated optical transceiver startup. This position will be responsible for managing the Silicon Photonics Foundry suppliers to enable successful Silicon wafer runs.

The position could be a junior, senior, or principal role depending on candidate’s qualification. This position has two roles, one is to manage foundry related activities, the other (optional) aspect is a product engineering role.

Responsibilities of foundry interface:

• Procure foundry PDK and other process information, and work as internal consultant to optical designers

• Design in-house electrical and photonic test patterns to monitor the foundry process variations, supplementing foundry Process Control Modules

• Being the owner/driving force for the tape-out process

• Using Statistical Process Control tools to analyze the wafer PCM data, and identify process/design weakness

• Working with foundry account manager, process integration engineer to enable on-time delivery of wafers

• Working with foundry process integration engineer to design process and recommend design split

• Monitor and drive foundry process development to enable Alpine’s next generation product, and improve existing product yield and cycle time

Responsibilities of product engineering:

• Using statistical tools to analyze product yield, identify process or design weakness to improve product yield

Qualifications and Skills:

• Ph.D (or Master's) in Electrical Engineering, Physics or a related field with educational or industrial experience in Semiconductor processing, or expert with photonics training but had extensive exposure to foundry interface

• Experience in Silicon foundry as process integration (preferred) or module engineers, or being a foundry interface person of a fabless company is desired

• Exposure to implementation of silicon photonics design, or educational background in integrated photonics is a plus.

• Solid statistical analysis capability, practical experience with analysis software such as JMP is strongly desired

• Analytical analysis skill, programming fluency in Python, Matlab, or any other commonly-used software tools

Work Location: Fremont, California

Alpine Optoelectronics, a vertically integrated optical transceiver company, solicits candidates with expertise in Silicon Photonics chip design and/or 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 and 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

• Ph.D candidate or master degree holder in Electrical Engineering, Photonics, or a related field with emphasis on integrated optics;

• At least one of the following 2 skill set/experience

  • Experience with test instrumentation and automation, hand's on in the lab

  • Experience with Python (or C , C#, and LabView) or other programming languages for instrumentation control; Matlab for data analysis

  • PIC modeling

• Good communication skills, self-motivated, and team player attributes

Work Location: Fremont, California

Alpine Optoelectronics, a vertically integrated optical transceiver company, solicits candidates with expertise in programing and database development. 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:

• Build scalable database system to handle massive testing data efficiently

• Develop both front-end and back-end components to improve overall performance

• Implement APIs and services for use by other developers

• Resolve issues related to performance at all tiers of the application

• Protect user accounts and data by implementing security best practices

Qualifications and Skills

• Strong experience in Python and better to have experience in at least one popular python frameworks such as Django, Flask, or Pyramid

• Familiarity with front-end technologies like JavaScript, HTML5, and CSS

• Knowledge of database system including Relational Databases such as MySQL / PostgreSQL

• Experience with server technologies like Apache / Nginx or similar

• Cloud technologies including AWS is a plus

• Good communication skills, self-motivated, and team player attributes