About the Role
Join a team developing next-generation test solutions for Silicon Photonics (SiPh), Optical Engines (OE), Co-Packaged Optics (CPO), and Optical I/O applications. Working closely with customers, R&D, and marketing teams, you will help define and deploy innovative test methodologies for emerging photonic devices and high-volume manufacturing environments.
Key Responsibilities
- Define and develop test methodologies for Silicon Photonics and optical interconnect devices.
- Support strategic customers in characterization, validation, and production test challenges.
- Drive customer evaluations, benchmark projects, and pre-sales technical activities.
- Collaborate with R&D teams to influence future test solutions and product roadmaps.
- Provide technical leadership for complex customer issues and cross-functional projects.
- Share application knowledge and best practices across global engineering teams.
Required Qualifications
- Bachelor's or Master's degree in Electrical Engineering, Photonics, Physics, or related disciplines.
- 7+ years of experience in semiconductor, photonics, optoelectronics, or ATE testing.
- Strong customer communication and presentation skills.
- Experience with Linux and programming languages such as Python or C/C++.
- Proven project management and problem-solving capabilities.
- Self-motivated team player with willingness to travel (<20%).
Preferred Technical Expertise
- Silicon Photonics (PIC), Optical Engines, CPO, Optical I/O, or Optical Transceivers.
- Photonic device testing, including:
- Modulators (MZM/MRM)
- Photodiodes (PD/MPD)
- VOA and passive optical components
- Optical measurements:
- Insertion Loss
- Optical Power
- Extinction Ratio
- BER
- Eye Diagram Analysis
- Wavelength Characterization
- High-speed SerDes, signal integrity (SI), and power integrity (PI) analysis.
- Wafer-level optical test, optical alignment, or high-volume manufacturing test development.
- Experience with V93000 or similar ATE platforms is highly desirable.
Desired Attributes
- Strong technical leadership
- Customer-focused mindset
- Excellent collaboration and communication skills
- Passion for emerging photonic and AI infrastructure technologies
Skills Required
- Bachelor's or Master's degree in Electrical Engineering, Photonics, Physics, or a related discipline
- 7+ years of experience in semiconductor, photonics, optoelectronics, or automated test equipment testing
- Strong customer communication and presentation skills
- Experience with Linux
- Programming experience with Python or C/C++
- Proven project management capabilities
- Proven problem-solving capabilities
- Willingness to travel less than 20%
- Experience with silicon photonics, optical engines, co-packaged optics, optical I/O, or optical transceivers
- Experience testing modulators, photodiodes, variable optical attenuators, and passive optical components
- Experience with insertion loss, optical power, extinction ratio, BER, eye diagram analysis, and wavelength characterization
- High-speed SerDes, signal integrity, and power integrity analysis experience
- Wafer-level optical test, optical alignment, or high-volume manufacturing test development experience
- Experience with V93000 or similar automated test equipment platforms
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For over a half-century, Advantest has been designing innovative electronic measuring equipment and semiconductor test systems essential to the development and manufacture of advanced computer and telecommunications products. On April 1, 2012, Advantest completed its integration of Verigy Ltd. Additional Information about Advantest can be found at www.advantest.com.
