Optical Test Engineer

Job Description

Come join us as an Optical Test Engineer and together let's grow and develop the next leading technology.

Key Responsibilities:

• Develops verification test strategies, test flow methods, and conducts test experiments for various optical and photonic components, devices, and subsystems products.
• Contributes to technical documentation, analyzes test results, performs root cause analysis, and drives corrective measures for mitigation.
• Partners with optical modeling experts to build correlations and understand the difference between measured and simulated performance.
• Conducts assembly, integration, and test of complex optical systems and uses optical test equipment to measure optical performance and alignment.
• Collaborates cross functionally to define testing requirements and methodologies and develops and qualifies tolerance and manufacturability related instrumentation to characterize performance parameters of optical sensing systems and modules.
• Works closely with system, optics, and software engineers to ensure manufacturability, testability, and characterization of optical products and components.

Qualifications

Minimum qualifications are required to be initially considered for this position. Preferred qualifications are in addition to the minimum requirements and are considered a plus factor in identifying top candidates.

Minimum Qualifications:

MS or PhD degree in Optical Engineering, Electrical Engineering, Physics, or a related field.

5+ years (if MS) or 2+ years (if Ph.D.) of combined industry experience in the following:

• Developing electro-optic systems.
• Benchtop photonic testing hardware and automation software.
• Photonic testing instruments such as: EXA, OSA, LCA, OBR, oscilloscope, SMF piezo alignment.
• Taking an opto-electronic product to market: design, debug and validation.
• Design Validation Testing and handoff to manufacturing Proficiency with Python.
• Photonic devices: waveguides, couplers, photodetectors, electro-optic modulators, and/ or micro-ring resonators.
• Experience with statistical analysis of test data, DOE methods.

Preferred Qualifications:

• Experience bringing up custom electronic hardware.
• Experience developing and validating custom component-level tests.
• Familiar with feedback control.
• Strong Python skills for test automation. Familiarity with optical transceiver principles, transmission formats, and industry trends.
• Familiar with packaging of electro-optical fiber-optic modules.
• Familiar with databases.
• Experience working with cross-functional teams (firmware, hardware, packaging).

Inside this Business Group

The Data Center & Artificial Intelligence Group (DCAI) is at the heart of Intel’s transformation from a PC company to a company that runs the cloud and billions of smart, connected computing devices. The data center is the underpinning for every data-driven service, from artificial intelligence to 5G to high-performance computing, and DCG delivers the products and technologies—spanning software, processors, storage, I/O, and networking solutions—that fuel cloud, communications, enterprise, and government data centers around the world.

Posting Statement

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.

Benefits

We offer a total compensation package that ranks among the best in the industry. It consists of competitive pay, stock, bonuses, as well as, benefit programs which include health, retirement, and vacation. Find more information about all of our Amazing Benefits here.Annual Salary Range for jobs which could be performed in the US $186,070.00-$262,680.00*Salary range dependent on a number of factors including location and experience

Working Model

This role will be eligible for our hybrid work model which allows employees to split their time between working on-site at their assigned Intel site and off-site. * Job posting details (such as work model, location or time type) are subject to change.