Photonics Design Engineer, Senior / Principal
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MACOM designs and manufacturessemiconductor products for Data Center, Telecommunication, and Industrial andDefense applications. Headquartered in Lowell, Massachusetts, MACOM has designcenters and sales offices throughout North America, Europe, and Asia. MACOM iscertified to the ISO9001 international quality standard and ISO14001environmental management standard.
MACOM has more than 65 years ofapplication expertise with multiple design centers, Si, GaAs, and InPfabrication, manufacturing, assembly and test, and operational facilitiesthroughout North America, Europe, and Asia. See our site to view our facilities.https://www.macom.com/. In addition, MACOM offers foundry services thatrepresents a key core competency within our business.
MACOM sells and distributes productsglobally via a sales channel comprised of a direct field sales force,authorized sales representatives, and leading industry distributors. Our salesteam is trained across all of our products to give our customers insights intoour entire portfolio.
Job Title: Photonics Design Engineer,Senior / Principal
Position Overview: The Photonics Design Engineer, Senior/Principal willutilize in depth knowledge to develop, design, maintain, or improveoptoelectronic modules, subsystems, or products, for Commercial, Aerospace& Defence applications. Will demonstrate conceptual and practical expertisein analog photonic design challenges and basic knowledge of relateddisciplines.
Key Responsibilities:
- Lead the development of photonic subsystems, such as photonic link products, optical receivers and transmitters and related components, photonic signal process technologies and delay lines.
- Products include analog RF fiber optic links, high-speed digital fiber optic transceivers and fiber optic amplifiers. Products utilize microprocessors and firmware.
- Possess deep experience developing and manufacturing products for Aerospace and Defense customers including harsh environments.
- Stay abreast of technological advances in photonics and introduce new technologies that can improve performance and lower costs.
- Analyze fiber-optic links, system performance or operational requirements.
- Conduct research on new photonics technologies utilizing advanced engineering designs.
- Requires specialized depth and/or knowledge or expertise in the design, drafting, test, and release of new products, devices, circuits, and/or subsystems.
- Be responsible for all design activities and related product development activities from design reviews, design verification, and qualification.
- Write test and assembly plans and procedures.
- Provide clear status reports by collecting, analyzing, and summarizing test data.
- Expert in formal stage-gate new product introduction process.
- Awareness of the competition and the factors that differentiate them in the market.
- Impact a range of customer, operational, project or service activities within own team and other related teams, acts as resource for colleagues.
- Work with our Product Engineering group to transfer products to production.
Key Competencies & Skillsrequired:
- In depth understanding of a variety of optical networking circuit architectures which utilizes lasers, modulators, detectors, WDM, and control electronics.
- Analyze best practices to improve product, processes, or services.
- Strong ability to solve complex problems and takes a new perspective on existing solutions.
- Fluent with relevant simulation tools, software, and test equipment (spectrum analyzer, network analyzer, power meter, etc.) for applications requiring bandwidths of 50GHz or more.
- Experienced with integration and experience designing for high yield and low cost.
- Strong knowledge of the operation and calibration of industry standard test equipment.
- Experience with the design of evaluation boards including both electrical and thermal aspects.
- Familiarity with AutoCAD or other drawing packages is desirable.
- Strong knowledge of Microsoft Office products.
Required Qualifications andExperience:
- Bachelor's degree in electrical engineering, physics, or similar studies. Advanced degree is highly desirable.
- Minimum of 10 years of experience in relevant photonics design engineering.
- Senior / Principal title will be assigned based on the experience of the candidate.
- Due to ITAR regulations, only candidates who are U.S. Persons ((U.S. citizens, U.S. nationals, lawful permanent residents, or individuals granted asylum or refugee status) will be considered for this position.
The Salary Range for this position is $98,000-$170,000. Actual salary offered to candidate will depend on several factors, including but not limited to, work location, relevant candidates' experience, education, and specific knowledge, skills, and abilities.
Benefits: This position offers a comprehensive benefits package including:
Health, dental, and vision insurance.
Employer-sponsored 401(k) plan.
Potential for performance-based bonus.
Paid time off.
Professional development opportunities.
EEO:
MACOM is an Equal Opportunity Employercommitted to a diverse workforce. MACOM will not discriminate against anyworker or job applicant on the basis of race, color, religion, sex, genderidentity, sexual orientation, national origin, age, disability, geneticinformation, veteran status, military service, marital status, or any othercategory protected under applicable law.
Reasonable Accommodation:
MACOM is committed to working with andproviding reasonable accommodations to qualified individuals with physical andmental disabilities. If you have a disability and are in need of a reasonableaccommodation with respect to any part of the application process, please call+1-978-656-2500 or email HR_Ops@MACOM.com. Provide your name, phone number andthe position title and location in which you are interested, and nature ofaccommodation needed, and we will get back to you. We also work with current employeeswho request or need reasonable accommodation in order to perform the essentialfunctions of their jobs.
- Location:
- Trenton