Eliyan
Photonics IC Validation and Characterization Engineer (title will reflect experience)
Bay Area · On-site · Full-time · Posted Feb 24, 2026
- Experience
- 3+ years of experience.
- Education
- MS or PhD in Electrical Engineering, Photonics, Optical Engineering, Physics, or a related field.
About the job
Validates and characterizes photonic integrated circuits and their high-speed electrical and optical components, automates tests, analyzes results, and provides performance feedback to designers.
What you'll do
- Perform high-speed optical and electrical testing and build laboratory test setups.
- Automate tests, analyze and present data, and debug measurement setups and devices.
- Provide feedback to analog circuit designers and contribute to test plans, reports, and lab documentation.
What they ask for
- Exposure to wireline analog and digital signal-processing concepts, including CTLE, FFE, DFE, SNR, OMA, and ER.
- Experience with high-speed and optical test equipment.
- Hands-on experience with VCSEL, DFB lasers, photodiodes, SerDes, or Optical I/O characterization.
- Fluency in Python for test automation and data analysis.
Nice to have
- Familiarity with RF and microwave, high-speed substrate and PCB design and manufacturing.
Tools
Python, CTLE, FFE, DFE, VCSEL, DFB lasers, BERT, VNA
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