Senior Laser and SOA Designer

Intel
Santa Clara
Workplace: OnsiteFull timeUSD 141,910 - 269,100 annuallyFunction: Hardware, Embedded & Systems EngineeringExperience: 1+ yearsSkills: ["Collaboration","Research","Data analysis"]

Design and optimize advanced photonics components—including DFB lasers and semiconductor optical amplifiers—through simulation, tolerance analysis, and system-focused modeling. Partner with interdisciplinary engineering teams to integrate components into system-level designs, drive test chip execution (design, layout, tape-out, test, validation), and translate characterization results into performance improvement plans. Contribute to next-generation data center and AI optical connectivity within Intel’s Integrated Photonics Solutions group.

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Senior Laser and SOA Designer

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Job Summary

Design and optimize advanced photonics components—including DFB lasers and semiconductor optical amplifiers—through simulation, tolerance analysis, and system-focused modeling. Partner with interdisciplinary engineering teams to integrate components into system-level designs, drive test chip execution (design, layout, tape-out, test, validation), and translate characterization results into performance improvement plans. Contribute to next-generation data center and AI optical connectivity within Intel’s Integrated Photonics Solutions group.
Location: Santa Clara
Workplace: Onsite
Employment Type: Full time
Job Function: Hardware, Embedded & Systems Engineering
Seniority: Mid level

Key Responsibilities

  • •Design, simulate, and develop photonics components such as DFB lasers and semiconductor optical amplifiers.
  • •Perform tolerance analysis and optimize components for performance, power efficiency, area, and reliability.
  • •Collaborate with interdisciplinary engineering teams to integrate photonics components into system-level designs.
  • •Drive test chip execution, including chip design, layout, tape-out, test, and validation.
  • •Analyze photonics test data, identify performance gaps, propose improvements, and develop advanced photonics component and system modeling methodologies.

Pay and Benefits

Salary: USD 141,910 - 269,100 annually
Perks:Health InsuranceRetirementPaid Leave

Key Requirements

  • •Master's degree in Electrical Engineering, Physics, Optical Science, or related fields with 3+ years of relevant experience, or a Ph.D. with 1+ years of relevant experience.
  • •Proven expertise designing, simulating, and analyzing photonics components including DFB lasers and semiconductor optical amplifiers.
  • •Experience analyzing photonic component or integrated circuit (PIC) test data using statistical tools such as JMP and/or data libraries in MATLAB/Python.
  • •Matlab programming experience.
  • •Familiarity with layout tools such as Cadence and KLayout for component design and test chip execution.
Experience:1+ years
Education:
Skills:CollaborationResearchData analysis
Tech Stack:MATLABPythonJMPCadenceKLayout

Company Brief

Intel
Designs and manufactures semiconductor chips, processors, and related hardware for PCs, data centers, networking, and embedded applications, while providing software and services to accelerate computing across industries globally.
Industry: Electronics Manufacturing
Company Size: Enterprise (1,001+ employees)
Revenue: USD 1B+
Growth: Public Company
Valuation: Public Company (Market Cap in USD)
Funding: IPO / Publicly Listed
Headquarters: Santa Clara, United States
Founded: 1968
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