Photonic ML Engineer – High-Speed Optical Transceivers

Google; Sunnyvale (CA); On-site; USD 188,000 - 274,000; Full time

Job summary

Google is seeking a hardware engineer to design and build high-speed optical transceivers for data centers, scaling TPU and GPU superpods with cutting-edge photonics. You will influence architectures and systems powering Google's massive data centers and services.

Required is a strong background in high-speed datacom, optical transmissions, and DSP, with proven experience in design-for-manufacturing and system modeling.

Qualifications

• BS degree in a relevant engineering field or equivalent practical experience.
• 6 years of experience in a high-speed datacom environment.
• 5 years of experience in digital coherent optical transmissions.

Responsibilities

• Design low-cost, high-speed optical transceivers for data center applications.
• Develop optical systems and architectures to scale TPU and GPU superpods.
• Identify, research, and evaluate emerging photonic networking technologies.
• Explore optical technologies to improve efficiencies of future computing systems.

Skills

High-speed datacom

Optical communications

Digital signal processing

System modeling

Education

Bachelor's degree in EE/CE/Physics or related field

PhD in EE/CE/Physics (preferred)

Tools

Test automation scripting

Job description

Google is seeking a hardware engineer to design and build high-speed optical transceivers for data centers, scaling TPU and GPU superpods with cutting-edge photonics. You will influence architectures and systems powering Google's massive data centers and services.

Required is a strong background in high-speed datacom, optical transmissions, and DSP, with proven experience in design-for-manufacturing and system modeling.