Photonic Platforms Engineer—High-Speed Optical Transceivers

Google; Town of Montana (WI); On-site; USD 132,000 - 189,000; Full time

Job summary

Google is seeking a Photonic Engineer for Platforms Infrastructure in Sunnyvale, CA. The role centers on designing high-speed optical transceivers and optical systems to scale TPU superpods, with a focus on innovative photonic networking technologies.

The team builds hardware and software powering Google services, taking concepts from design to high-volume manufacturing. This mid-level role emphasizes mentorship and hands-on hardware development across the Google data center ecosystem.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Electrical Engineering, Optics, Physics, or related field.
• 2 years of experience working with fiber optical components and packaging techniques.

Responsibilities

• Design low-cost and high-speed optical transceivers for ICI communication links.
• Architect optical systems to scale TPU superpods.
• Identify, research, evaluate emerging photonic networking technologies.
• Explore optical technologies to disaggregate and improve the efficiencies of future computing systems.

Skills

Fiber optics

Packaging techniques

Digital signal processing

Education

Bachelor's degree in Electrical Engineering, Optics, Physics, or related field

PhD degree in Electrical Engineering, Optics, Physics, or related field

Job description

Google is seeking a Photonic Engineer for Platforms Infrastructure in Sunnyvale, CA. The role centers on designing high-speed optical transceivers and optical systems to scale TPU superpods, with a focus on innovative photonic networking technologies.

The team builds hardware and software powering Google services, taking concepts from design to high-volume manufacturing. This mid-level role emphasizes mentorship and hands-on hardware development across the Google data center ecosystem.