Photonic IC Design Engineer

Who We Are

Applied Materials is the global leader in materials engineering solutions used to produce virtually every new chip and advanced display in the world. We design, build and service cutting-edge equipment that helps our customers manufacture display and semiconductor chips – the brains of devices we use every day. As the foundation of the global electronics industry, Applied enables the exciting technologies that literally connect our world – like AI and IoT. If you want to work beyond the cutting-edge, continuously pushing the boundaries of science and engineering to make possible the next generations of technology, join us to Make Possible® a Better Future. 

What We Offer

Salary:

$163,000.00 - $224,000.00

Location:

Santa Clara,CA

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The Photonic IC Design Engineer is responsible for the design of high-speed photonic ICs; for the system design of the optical integrated products of the connectivity solutions for Applied Materials. It is a senior engineer that initiates initial blueprints of the products & solutions and is pulling the different engineering practices together to form a great engineering team.

This role is also supporting Product Marketing with the Product Roadmap. The Photonic IC Design Engineer is a trusted partner of the customers. This role will get insights about product performance and needs and will develop and implement concepts for a wide range of significantly complex product issues and engineering solutions.

• Responsible for the engineering of various photonic ICs (PICs) from initiation to general availability including the design and characterization of the product.
• Assure design for performance, manufacturability, and cost.
• Select components (analog and digital EICs, various optical) for high speed architectures.
• Create schematics and layout circuits.
• Work with test and firmware engineering in the development of PICs
• Work with foundries to co-design and fabricate PICs
• Carry on Design Verification Tests (DVT). Write technical reports.

Functional Knowledge

• Experience with various active and passive component design
• Experience of engineering transceiver technologies with proven market success or related PIC based technologies, from PIC design to optical and electrical packaging.
• Knowledge of transmission, wide bandwidth circuits, passive devices, and optoelectronic devices (e.g., lasers, detectors, modulators)
• Experience with high-speed, broadband electrical interfacing with PIC based technologies (PCBs, organic substrates, TSVs, RDL, etc.)
• Extensive experience using high-speed optical and electrical equipment: Real-time Oscilloscope, BERT, Optical Modulation Analyzer, Network Analyzer, Optical Spectrum Analyzer, wavelength meters, tunable filters, optical noise sources, etc.
• Familiar with high-speed IC, such as DSP, modulator driver, transimpedance amplifier
• Excellent communication skills, including active listening and questioning.
• Fluent English language and experience communicating with people from different countries. Excellent presentation skills
• Ideally candidates from the optics industry or other industries with high-speed connectivity
• Ideally candidates with academic experience in optics and related fields

Business Expertise

• Anticipates business and regulatory issues; recommends product, process or service improvements 

Leadership

• Leads projects with notable risk and complexity; develops the strategy for project execution

Problem Solving

• Solves unique and complex problems with broad impact on the business; requires conceptual and innovative thinking to develop solutions

Impact