Photonic Platforms Engineer – High-Speed Optics

Google LLC; Sunnyvale (CA); On-site; USD 132,000 - 189,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Bonus target 15%

Equity

Benefits

Job summary

Google LLC in Sunnyvale, CA is seeking a Photonic Engineer for Platforms Infrastructure to design and deliver high-speed optical systems powering Google's data centers. You will work on custom silicon and optical components, taking concepts through to high-volume manufacturing and integration with global infrastructure.

This role focuses on photonic engineeering within a world-class hardware team. The position emphasizes collaboration across hardware, software, and systems teams, with impact on

Qualifications

• BS in Electrical Engineering, Optics, Physics or related field.
• 2 years of experience with fiber optical components and packaging techniques.

Responsibilities

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

Skills

Fiber optics

Packaging techniques

Digital signal processing

System modeling

Optical transceivers

Education

Bachelor's degree in Electrical Engineering, Optics, Physics

PhD in Electrical Engineering, Optics, Physics

Job description

Google LLC in Sunnyvale, CA is seeking a Photonic Engineer for Platforms Infrastructure to design and deliver high-speed optical systems powering Google's data centers. You will work on custom silicon and optical components, taking concepts through to high-volume manufacturing and integration with global infrastructure.

This role focuses on photonic engineeering within a world-class hardware team. The position emphasizes collaboration across hardware, software, and systems teams, with impact on