System test and characterization engineer

AvicenaTech

$120K — $150K *
Telecommunications & Hardware
Less than 5 years of experience
Job Overview by Ladders

Qualifications

  • MS or PhD in electrical engineering or physics with 3+ years of experience.
  • Expertise in optical transceiver circuits including TIA, laser/LED drivers, and photodetectors.
  • Familiar with datacenter class optical module designs (QSFP, OSFP, NPO, CPO).
  • Experience in optical transceiver test methodologies.
  • Knowledge of industry standards like IEEE Ethernet, OIF, and MSAs.

Responsibilities

  • Lead a team of engineers in characterizing optical transmitters and receivers, and their performance in high-speed interfaces.
  • Develop and maintain a testing environment for optical component characterization and system performance measurements.
  • Define and execute experimental designs using micro-LEDs in ASIC transmitters and fiber optics as transmission mediums.
  • Characterize optical components by evaluating SNR, receiver sensitivity, BER, crosstalk, power consumption, and link budgets.
  • Collaborate with PCBA design engineers to design and fabricate test boards, leveraging experience in schematic capture and PCB design.

Benefits

  • Collaborative team environment fostering innovation and creativity.
  • Opportunities for professional development and growth.
  • Access to cutting-edge technology and equipment in a supportive laboratory setting.
Full Job Description
Responsibilities:

  • Lead a team of engineers to characterize optical transmitters, optical receivers and link performance of highly parallel opto-electronic interfaces.
  • Develop and maintain optical transmission system testing bed for full characterization of optical components and modules as well as system performance measurements.
  • Define and run link DOEs using uLED on ASIC transmitters, fiber bundle as transmission and PD on ASIC as receivers.
  • Characterize various aspects of both existing and potential future optical components such as evaluating signal-to-noise ratio (SNR), receiver sensitivity, bit-error-rate (BER), crosstalk, power consumptions and link budget of the transmission system
  • Work with PCBA design engineers to design, fabricate and bring up test boards. Experience in schematic capture, circuit simulation and PCB design guidance

Qualifications:

  • MS or PhD in electrical engineering or physics with 3+ years of experience
  • Expertise with optical transceiver circuits such as Trans-impedance Amplifier (TIA), laser/led drivers and photodetectors
  • Familiarity with datacenter class optical module designs for Quad Small Form-factor Pluggable Octal Small Form Factor Pluggable (QSFP)/(OSFP) form factor pluggable modules or emerging Near-Packaged Optics (NPO) or Co-Packaged Optics (CPO) approaches.
  • Experience with optical transceiver test methodologies
  • Familiarity with industry standards including IEEE Ethernet standards, OIF standards and MSAs

Preferrred Qualifications:

  • Ability to work cross-functionally with ASIC, packaging and optical design teams and provide clear technical inputs
  • Strong verbal and written communication skills, and ability to articulate and engage with both technical and non-technical stakeholders at all levels
  • Ability to code scripts in python for validation and data analysis
  • Working knowledge of high-speed test instruments such as VNAs, sampling and real time oscilloscopes and spectrum analyzers
  • Hands-on lab experience especially with probed/free space coupled (using stages) optical systems

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