Photonic Integrated Circuit - Wafer level Burn-in Engineer

Nokia; Sunnyvale (CA); On-site; USD 150,000 - 200,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Corporate retirement savings plan

Health and dental benefits

Short-term disability

Long-term disability

Life insurance

Job summary

Nokia Network Infrastructure California is hiring a PIC Test Development Engineer to design, implement, and optimize software and hardware for R&D and production-scale testing of complex photonic integrated circuits. You will partner with internal manufacturing and our wafer fabs to translate cutting-edge photonics into production-grade optical modules.

Qualifications include a PhD or Master’s in EE with 3+ years in photonics, strong test and measurement skills, and experience in MATLAB, C++,

Qualifications

• PhD or Master’s with relevant experience in optical communications or photonics.
• Strong test and measurement fundamentals for semiconductor devices.
• Experience with wafer-level testing and burn-in processes is a plus.

Responsibilities

• Lead wafer level PIC Burn-in development and hardware/process development with vendors.
• Develop fully wafer level PIC test and Burn-In solutions.
• Design test plans and algorithms for wafer level performance validation tests.
• Perform extensive test station qualification including Gage RR and SPC.
• Document all test solutions and communicate results to teams and external vendors.

Skills

PIC Burn-in

Test automation

Data analysis

Wafer probing

Cross-functional teamwork

C++

Python

MATLAB

Education

PhD in Electrical Engineering

Master's degree in Electrical Engineering

Tools

LabVIEW

SQL

SPC

Job description

Job Description

We engineer Photonic Integrated Circuits (PICs) end to end - design, development, and rigorous testing - inside a truly vertically integrated model. Join Nokia Network Infrastructure (NI) California as PIC Test Development Engineer, creating and implementing SW and HW solutions for both R&D and large throughput, production level testing of complex PICs! Partnering closely with internal manufacturing and leveraging our own world-class wafer fabs, we translate cutting edge photonics into production grade optical modules that power the next generation of optical networks and interconnects of AI applications.

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How You Will Contribute And What You Will Learn

• Lead wafer level PIC Burn-in development. Work with vendor complete wafer Burn-in hardware and process development


• Lead efforts developing fully wafer level PIC test and Burn-In solutions


• Design test plans and algorithms of wafer level PIC performance validation tests


• Extensive test station qualification work, including Gage RR and statistical process control (SPC)


• Thorough documentation of all test solutions and communication to other teams and outside vendors

Key Skills And Experience

• PhD. in Electrical Engineering, Applied Physics, or equivalent with minimum of 3 years of applicable graduate-level and/or industrial experience in optical communications or photonics, or Master’s degree with 3+ years of applicable industry experience.


• Fundamental understanding of active and passive semiconductor optoelectronic device characteristics (e.g. semiconductor lasers/amplifiers, photo diodes, modulators, waveguides)


• Hands-on experience with semiconductor electrical and optical characterization techniques (e.g. diode characterization, laser threshold, spectral measurements, optical power measurements. Experiences with wafer probing is a plus


• Software development skills and strong drive for test automation and data analysis. Programming experience in Matlab , C, C++, Python, LabVIEW, VB.net or similar for automation of instrument control and data acquisition is a plus


• Ability to build, maintain and troubleshoot complex test hardware and software in a cross-functional environment


• Experience with a production level test environment (including Gage RR, SPC, tool qualification) is a plus.


• Experience with database tools like JMP, SQL is a plus.


• Attention to detail and willingness to produce detailed documentation


• Ability to work within a team environment, clearly and concise communication inside and outside the Test team

About Us

Advancing connectivity to secure a brighter world.

Nokia is a global leader in connectivity for the AI era. With expertise across fixed, mobile and transport networks, powered by the innovation of Nokia Bell Labs, we’re advancing connectivity to secure a brighter world.

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About The Team

Some of our benefits in US :

• Corporate Retirement Savings Plan


• Health and dental benefits


• Short-term disability, and long-term disability


• Life insurance, and AD&D – Company paid 2x base pay


• Optional or Supplemental life and AD&D insurance (Employee/Spouse/Child)


• Paid time off for holidays and Vacation


• Employee Stock Purchase Plan


• Tuition Assistance Plan


• Adoption assistance


• Employee Assistance Program/Work Life Resource Program

The above benefits exclude students.

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