Principal Engineer - Optical Transceiver Design

About Lumilens

We are a well-funded start-up backed by Mayfield and industry leaders focused on building the next generation of high-speed photonics products. If you are passionate about photonics and want to work in a rewarding, fast-paced start-up environment, come join us!

About the job

We are seeking an experienced Principal Engineer for High-Speed Optical transceiver Design to join our growing team. This position will be the design authority for our 800G and beyond optical transceiver products. You will work across our technical teams and help us to deliver Lumilens’ family of optical transceiver solutions to market.

Responsibilities:

• Provide technical leadership for the definition of the system architecture, design, interfaces, risks, and tradeoff analysis supporting product development objectives
• Collaborate with cross-functional teams on feature specifications, collect requirements from all relevant partners, and make decisions about implementation tradeoffs
• Support selection and characterization of DSP, RF IC, and photonic ICs and subassemblies.
• Coordinate with external partners and the internal team to drive the hardware platform development
• Review and oversee engineering verification plans and tests, ensuring designs meet product objectives
• Provide technical leadership, mentorship, and coaching to team members
• Own link budgets and penalty allocations for optical transceiver products.

Required / Desired knowledge, skills, and abilities:

• MS or PhD in Electrical Engineering/Physics or equivalent education with experience in optical communications, photonics, high-speed electronics or systems
• 7+ years experience of developing optical transceivers with market success
• Fundamental understanding of optical communication systems, fiber transmission penalties, photonic integrated components, electronic (integrated) circuits, signal analysis, and signal processing
• Fundamental understanding of high-speed optoelectronic devices (lasers, detectors, modulators)
• Familiar with high-speed ICs, including DSP, modulator drivers, and transimpedance amplifiers
• Experience characterizing and troubleshooting high-speed optical transceivers
• Hands-on experience working with system-level optical communication hardware and components
• Experience characterizing high-speed RF and optoelectronic components and assemblies
• Extensive understanding of IMDD and coherent communications systems
• Demonstrated design of products in the field with Telcordia GR-468 compliance
• Programming experience in Python desired
• Good communication and collaboration skills
• Candidate will be required to spend the majority of time in our San Jose, California office.

All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, religious creed, sex, national origin, ancestry, age, physical or mental disability, medical condition, genetic information, military and veteran status, marital status, pregnancy, gender, gender expression, gender identity, sexual orientation, or any other characteristic protected by local law, regulation, or ordinance.