Senior Photonic Integrated Circuit Development Engineer

CA Pay Range (Annual):$130,900.00 - $243,100.00At Infinera, your base pay is one part of your total compensation package. Your actual base pay will depend on your skills, qualifications, experience, and location. This role may be eligible for equity grants, discretionary bonuses, or commission payments. The amount of these incentives is based on the terms of the Company’s incentive plans, the Company’s financial performance, and/or individual employee job performance.Infinera also offers paid leave, medical, dental, and vision coverage, 401(k), life, and disability insurance and toeligible employees.Infinera is the global supplier of innovative networking solutions. Our customers include the leading service providers, data center operators, internet content providers (ICPs), cable operators, enterprises, and government agencies worldwide, including 9 of the top 10 Tier 1 service providers and 6 of the top 7 ICPs. We design, develop and deliver hardware and software for fiber-based connectivity solutions that span access, aggregation, metro, long haul, and submarine network. Our industry-leading, trendsetting edge-to-core solutions provide the foundation for many of the world’s largest and most demanding networks that generate billions in service revenue for our customers.Title: Senior Photonic Integrated Circuit Development EngineerSunnyvale, CAAt Infinera, we are committed to developing the networks of the future. With our uniquely differentiated PIC technology and fully vertical integration, we have created a Digital Optical Networking system with more speed, capacity and scalability than ever before. The latest generation of Infinera’s digital optical network products, ICE6, delivers 800G with unsurpassed reach.  Next generation XR Optics pioneers point-to-multipoint pluggable optics with routable Nyquist subcarriers.Job description:​The successful candidate will be required to be a key technical contributor to the design and development of Infinera’s next generation tunable lasers and PIC integration platform. The candidate will work within the PIC design and engineering team on simulation, data analysis and product development from reliable design concepts, performance verification and optimization and transfer to manufacturing. The broad job responsibilities include hands-on work in designing the next generation of PICs, implementing the processes through the fab, and testing the resulting circuits to verify performance. The person should be able to develop and manage risk assessments  and be able to develop and manage project schedules.RequirementsPh.D in Electrical Engineering, Photonics or a related discipline with emphasis in optical communications and high speed optical components.Strong background with semiconductor optical devices such as laser, detectors, modulators and other integrated waveguide devices.A strong understanding of InP opto-electronic fabrication process development hands-on experience and material characterization and epitaxy knowledgeExperience in the use of optical and electronic modeling and simulation to design electro-optical devices, and lithographic mask specification, design and pattern generation.Ability to work with a large body of data and the necessary statistical analysis tools, and the ability to present the data and ideas to a diverse audience.The Job will require frequent collaborative interaction with fab, epitaxy, test and reliability engineering, packaging, product engineering, and system engineering groups.ResponsibilitiesWork with a team of strong individual designers on the design and development of high performance Photonic devicesEnhance and rigorously execute design methodologies and processesLead interactions within internal teams on design and qualification effortsDevelop and actively manage project requirements, schedules, and risk profilesProvide inputs into product road mapsEducation and Experience:Ph.D in Electrical Engineering, Photonics or a related discipline with emphasis in optical communications and high speed optical components or M.S./M.Eng. in Electrical Engineering or Photonics, with a minimum of 3 years of relevant experience.#LI-SR2Infinera is an equal opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, sex, color, religion, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability status, protected veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by law. Infinera complies with all applicable state and local laws governing nondiscrimination in employment.