Optical Systems Engineer

Highlights

• Own optical interconnect architecture for next-generation AI accelerator systems.
• Build hardware for frontier intelligence with best-in-class throughput and latency.
• Scale prototypes from definition to validation and volume production.

What they offer

• Medical, dental, and vision packages with generous premium coverage
• $500 per month credit for waiving medical benefits
• Housing subsidy of $2,500 per month for those living within walking distance
• Relocation support for those moving to San Jose (Santana Row)
• Wellness benefits covering fitness, mental health, and more
• Daily lunch and dinner in office
• Unlimited compute budget subject to ROI justification

Ideal candidate

Experienced photonics systems builder with 5-10 years taking high-density interconnects to production. Hands-on debugger who thrives co-designing across teams and is passionate about frontier AI.

Requirements

• 5-10 years of experience in optical interconnect, transceiver, or photonic system design for high-density compute systems
• Expertise across advanced optical interconnect architectures including CPO, NPO, OCI, LPO and emerging form factors
• Strong fundamentals in optical link engineering including link-budget, IL/RL, OSNR, eye diagrams, jitter, BER and FEC
• Working knowledge of laser sources, modulators, TIAs, and DSPs/retimers
• Knowledge of high-speed host interfaces such as 100G/200G-per-lane PAM4 and pluggables OSFP, QSFP-DD
• Familiarity with photonic-electronic co-design, fiber-attach, optical interposers and 2.5D/3D integration
• Proven track record bringing up optical links and PIC-based subsystems and debugging with foundries and vendors
• Understanding of high-power liquid-cooled AI servers and cluster-scale optical fabrics