Laser Development Engineer

Prerequisite experience should include 1 or more areas

• Design of InP lasers for transmitter PICs
• Design of InP lasers for high-power applications

Responsibilities

Key engineering expertise in all of the following areas is required

• Design and simulation of optical waveguides, coupling lasers to fibers
• Simulation of lasers and SOAs with commercial or personally developed software, including carriers and optical fields
• Design of epitaxial layers required for active devices
• Process design/fabrication knowledge or process development experience of InP devices or PICs
• Expertise in testing characterization of InP lasers and SOAs
• Extensive photonic device data query and analysis in manufacturing environment
• Experience guiding a team to develop InP lasers for commercial products

Location:  willing to relocate to Sunnyvale/San Jose, CA

Qualifications

Ph.D. in EE or Physics, 8 to 15yrs industry experience designing and developing InP lasers for high volume applications.

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