Field Systems Engineer - Silicon Photonics Integration

Teradyne; Reading, Northern (MA, KY); Hybrid; USD 141,000 - 226,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Discretionary bonus

Health benefits

Job summary

Teradyne’s Silicon Photonics team in North Reading, MA, seeks a Systems Engineer to own end-to-end integration, bring-up, and acceptance of Silicon Photonics test systems from factory readiness through installation at customer sites worldwide.

You will lead multi-domain integration across optics, RF/DC electronics, firmware, and software, coordinating with engineering, field service, production, and customers to improve performance and time-to-first-good-wafer.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Electrical Engineering, Optical/Photonics Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, or a related technical discipline with 7+ years of relevant experience; or a Master’s degree with 5+ years of relevant experience.
• Hands-on experience integrating, bringing up, commissioning, and accepting complex capital equipment, preferably in semiconductor, photonics, ATE, or other multi-domain systems.
• Experience supporting FAT/SAT protocols, customer acceptance activities, and technical documentation.
• Strong electrical engineering fundamentals with exposure to Silicon Photonics, optical alignment/coupling, fiber handling, RF technology, high-speed signaling, power delivery, or signal processing.
• Ability to troubleshoot across optics, electronics, mechanics, thermal, motion, and software disciplines using standard lab instrumentation.
• Programming experience for test automation, data analysis, or diagnostics; .NET, C#, VB, and/or Python preferred.
• Strong analytical, problem-solving, communication, and customer-facing skills, with the ability to work independently and collaboratively.
• Willingness to work extended hours during critical bring-up, acceptance, and installation windows.
• Willingness to travel domestically and internationally approximately 20–40%, with periods of higher travel during installation and acceptance campaigns.

Responsibilities

• Lead first-article and new-configuration bring-up of Silicon Photonics test cells, including tester, optical engine, probe/handler interface, DUT interface board, instrumentation, and software stack.
• Develop and execute bring-up plans, power-on sequences, subsystem checkout procedures, and system-level characterization against specification.
• Drive root cause analysis and corrective action for integration issues across optics, RF/DC electronics, firmware, motion, thermal, mechanical, and test software domains.
• Author, review, and maintain FAT/SAT qualification protocols, acceptance criteria, test matrices, data packages, and customer sign-off documentation.
• Collaborate with engineering, production, field service, field applications, suppliers, and customers to manage punch lists, deviations, waivers, acceptance status, and schedule risks.
• Support installation, re-qualification, escalation, training, upgrade, retrofit, and ECO/field-change-order activities for installed Silicon Photonics systems.
• Represent the voice of the field and factory floor in design reviews, FMEAs, readiness reviews, and design-for-service/design-for-bring-up improvement efforts.
• Build strong technical relationships with worldwide account teams, field organizations, and key customers.

Skills

Analytical skills

Problem-solving

Communication

Customer-facing

Education

Bachelor’s degree in Electrical, Optical/Photonics, or Mechanical Engineering

Master’s degree with 5+ years of relevant experience

Tools

.NET

C#

VB

Python

Job description

Teradyne’s Silicon Photonics team in North Reading, MA, seeks a Systems Engineer to own end-to-end integration, bring-up, and acceptance of Silicon Photonics test systems from factory readiness through installation at customer sites worldwide.

You will lead multi-domain integration across optics, RF/DC electronics, firmware, and software, coordinating with engineering, field service, production, and customers to improve performance and time-to-first-good-wafer.