Koch Industries

Senior Electro-Optical System Engineer

Koch Industries$140K — $200K *
Telecommunications & Hardware
5 - 7 years of experience
Job Overview by Ladders

Qualifications

  • Master's degree in physics, applied physics, optics, optical engineering, or electrical engineering with optical focus.
  • 6+ years of experience in electro-optical system and fiber optical system design.
  • Expertise in electro-optical system design and engineering.
  • Hands-on experience with light sources and detectors like laser diodes, LEDs, and PIN PDs.
  • Familiar with optical modeling tools like Zemax, CODE-V, and Matlab.
  • Experience with micro-optics and fiber optics components and assemblies.

Responsibilities

  • Propose new optical design concepts for next-gen optical communication products.
  • Design new fiber optical products and manage product extensions.
  • Collaborate on product design with senior optical engineers as well as cross-functional teams.
  • Conduct product-level system analysis, modeling, and simulation with hardware and firmware teams.
  • Provide technical support and guidance to process engineers and technicians.
  • Ensure design verification meets customer specifications and standards.
  • Release technical drawings for optical components and sub-assemblies.

Benefits

  • Comprehensive medical, dental, and vision insurance.
  • Flexible spending and health savings accounts.
  • Life insurance and disability coverage.
  • Retirement savings options with employer contributions.
  • Paid vacation and time off, plus paid parental leave and adoption assistance.
Full Job Description
In Fremont, we serve global clients in telecom and datacom industries in providing innovative optical modules to support our customer's next generation networks. We are looking for a highly motivated and experienced Electro-Optical System Engineer to join our team. This person will be responsible for electronic optical system design and development of innovative optical network monitoring type products. This person will work with multi-discipline teams, including sales and marketing, product line managers, electrical, mechanical, and optical R&D teams, and work with colleagues of different geographic sites.

What You Will Do

  • Proposing new optical design concepts, conducting technology and platform evaluation for next generation optical communication products
  • Design new fiber optical products and manage product extensions, especially participate in the research, design and development of optical frequency domain reflector, optical time domain reflector, optical channel monitor, as well as weak/coherent optical signal detection/monitoring solutions.
  • Work with chief/principal optical system engineers to design new products, build optical models and performance error and tolerance analysis.
  • Work with hardware, software/Firmware members in design team, and carry out product level system analysis, modeling and simulation.
  • Provide technical guidance to process engineers and technicians. Provide technical support to customers and suppliers.
  • Provide technical support on processes development.
  • Performs design verification activities to ensure that optical design meets the specifications of the customers and standard organizations.
  • Release drawings of optical components and sub-assemblies.
  • Understand, support, and contribute to current Molex Total Quality Management (TQM), Six Sigma, International Standards Organization (ISO) and Environmental, and/or Health and Safety (EH&S) Management Systems by following stated policies and procedures.

Who You Are (Basic Qualifications)

  • Master's degree in physics, applied physics, optics and optical engineering, electrical engineering with optical orientations.
  • At least 6 years electro-optical system and/or fiber optical system design and development experience
  • Expertise in electro-optical system design and engineering
  • Hands-on experience in laser diodes/DFB/LEDs/SLEDs/VCSELs, etc. light sources; in PIN PDs/APDs, etc. light detectors; in coherent/weak and fast optical signal detections and the relevant fields.
  • Hands-on experience in micro-optics and fiber optics components and assemblies with functions of switching, modulation, attenuation, branching, amplification, etc.
  • Familiar with Zemax, CODE-V, Matlab or other simulation tools to build models of optical products.
  • Familiar with optical system error & tolerance analysis


What Will Put You Ahead

  • Ph.D. degree in physics, applied physics, optics and optical engineering, electrical engineering with optical orientations.
  • Bilingual in Mandarin
  • Familiar with large data analysis and spectra analysis algorithms
  • Familiar with the opto-mechanical design concepts and principles
  • Familiar with design for manufacturing and manufacturing processes


For this role, we anticipate paying $140,000 - $200,000 per year. This role is eligible for variable pay, issued as a monetary bonus or in another form.

At Koch companies, we are entrepreneurs. This means we openly challenge the status quo, find new ways to create value and get rewarded for our individual contributions. Any compensation range provided for a role is an estimate determined by available market data. The actual amount may be higher or lower than the range provided considering each candidate's knowledge, skills, abilities, and geographic location. If you have questions, please speak to your recruiter about the flexibility and detail of our compensation philosophy.

Hiring Philosophy

All Koch companies value diversity of thought, perspectives, aptitudes, experiences, and backgrounds. We are Military Ready and Second Chance employers. Learn more about our hiring philosophy here .

Our Benefits

Our goal is for each employee, and their families, to live fulfilling and healthy lives. We provide essential resources and support to build and maintain physical, financial, and emotional strength - focusing on overall wellbeing so you can focus on what matters most. Our benefits plan includes - medical, dental, vision, flexible spending and health savings accounts, life insurance, ADD, disability, retirement, paid vacation/time off, educational assistance, and may also include infertility assistance, paid parental leave and adoption assistance. Specific eligibility criteria is set by the applicable Summary Plan Description, policy or guideline and benefits may vary by geographic region. If you have questions on what benefits apply to you, please speak to your recruiter.

Additionally, everyone has individual work and personal needs. We seek to enable the best work environment that helps you and the business work together to produce superior results.

About Koch Industries

Koch Industries, Inc. is an American privately-held multinational conglomerate corporation based in Wichita, Kansas. Its subsidiaries are involved in the manufacturing, refining, and distribution of petroleum, chemicals, energy, fiber, intermediates and polymers, minerals, fertilizers, pulp and paper, chemical technology equipment, ranching, finance, commodities trading, and investing. Koch owns Infor, Invista, Georgia-Pacific, Molex, Flint Hills Resources, Koch Pipeline, Koch Fertilizer, Koch Minerals, Matador Cattle Company, i360, and Guardian Industries. The firm employs 120,000 people in 60 countries, with about half of its business in the United States. The company is the largest non-Canadian landowner in the Athabasca oil sands. With annual revenues of $110 billion by 2014, the company is the largest privately held company in the United States. In 2007, it was ranked as the largest privately held company. If Koch Industries had been a public company in 2013, it would have ranked 17th in the Fortune 500. The company was founded by its namesake, Fred C. Koch, in 1940 after he developed an innovative crude oil refining process. Fred C. Koch died in 1967 and his majority interest in the company was split amongst his four sons. In June 1983, after a bitter legal and boardroom battle, the stakes of Frederick R. Koch and William "Bill" Koch were bought out for $1.1 billion and Charles Koch and David Koch became majority owners in the company. Charles owns 42% of the company; trusts for the benefit of Elaine Tettemer Marshall and Elaine's children, Preston Marshall and E. Pierce Marshall Jr., own 16% of the company. The heirs of David Koch, who died on August 23, 2019, own the balance, 42%, of the corporation.
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