Photonic Platforms Engineer — High-Speed Transceivers

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

Job summary

Google LLC in Sunnyvale, CA is seeking a Photonic Engineer for Platforms Infrastructure to design and scale high‑speed optical transceivers and photonic systems. You will work on silicon solutions powering Google's data centers and consumer products, delivering performance and efficiency across large-scale hardware platforms.

The role emphasizes system‑level optics, DSP, and advanced packaging, with opportunities to influence next‑gen photonics for vast Google workloads and services.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Electrical Engineering, Optics, Physics, or related field or equivalent practical experience.
• 2 years of experience 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

High‑speed circuit modeling

Optical transceiver design

Education

Bachelor's degree in Electrical Engineering

PhD in Electrical Engineering/Optics/Physics

Job description

Google LLC in Sunnyvale, CA is seeking a Photonic Engineer for Platforms Infrastructure to design and scale high‑speed optical transceivers and photonic systems. You will work on silicon solutions powering Google's data centers and consumer products, delivering performance and efficiency across large-scale hardware platforms.

The role emphasizes system‑level optics, DSP, and advanced packaging, with opportunities to influence next‑gen photonics for vast Google workloads and services.