Senior Optical Transceiver Design Engineer

Applied Materials is a global leader in materials engineering solutions used to produce virtually every new chip and advanced display in the world. We design, build and service cutting-edge equipment that helps our customers manufacture display and semiconductor chips – the brains of devices we use every day. As the foundation of the global electronics industry, Applied enables the exciting technologies that literally connect our world – like AI and IoT. If you want to push the boundaries of materials science and engineering to create next generation technology, join us to deliver material innovation that changes the world.

Requirements

• Define and architect optical interconnect solution modules (200G/lane and beyond) aligned with product-level requirements.
• Lead hardware design optical interconnect solution and customer related demo to validate platform solution, including PCB design, schematic capture, and component selection.
• Define and optimize signal integrity (SI) for 200G/lane and beyond, covering high-speed SerDes, channel modeling, and link margin analysis.
• Develop robust power delivery network (PDN) solutions for high-density, high-speed optical/electrical systems.
• Collaborate with optical, packaging, thermal, and system engineers to co-design solutions that balance performance, power, and cost.
• Lead technical validation, bring-up, and performance optimization of CPO modules
• Support design validation, qualification, and root-cause analysis during development and production ramp.
• Stay current with and implement relevant industry standards (IEEE, MSA, CMIS, etc.).
• Contribute to automation of transceiver performance testing using Python, C++, or LabVIEW.

Benefits

• Comprehensive benefits package
• Bonus program
• Stock award program