Senior Leader, Electrical & Optical Interconnects

Nutanix; San Diego (CA); On-site; USD 250,000 - 375,000; Full time

Job summary

Qualcomm Technologies, Inc. seeks a Senior Leader, Electrical & Optical Systems Engineer to define, develop, and productize next-generation interconnect technologies for AI and hyperscale datacenter systems.

The role demands leadership across silicon, photonics, packaging, and rack-scale infrastructure, with expertise in 112G/224G SerDes, DSP algorithms, and integration of EIC/PIC. Competitive pay and comprehensive benefits are offered.

Qualifications

• Demonstrated success productizing 112G and 224G PAM4 interconnects.
• Deep expertise in high-speed SerDes architectures, EIC/PIC integration.
• Experience with 224G+ interconnects and CPO/NPO/CPC.
• Proficiency in SI/PI, optical engines, and packaging.

Responsibilities

• Define and drive end-to-end architecture for next-generation interconnect solutions.
• Lead system design across SerDes, PHYs, optics, and packaging.
• Own SI/PI methodology and end-to-end link analysis.
• Drive electrical-optical DSP architecture and algorithm development.

Skills

High-speed SerDes architectures

Electrical-optical DSP algorithms

SI/PI

Optical transceivers

End-to-end system modeling

Team leadership

Education

Bachelor's degree in Electrical Engineering or related field

MS or PhD in Electrical Engineering or related discipline

Tools

ADS

HFSS

CST

HSPICE

MATLAB

Python

Cadence Sigrity

Lumerical

Zemax

Job description

Qualcomm Technologies, Inc. seeks a Senior Leader, Electrical & Optical Systems Engineer to define, develop, and productize next-generation interconnect technologies for AI and hyperscale datacenter systems.

The role demands leadership across silicon, photonics, packaging, and rack-scale infrastructure, with expertise in 112G/224G SerDes, DSP algorithms, and integration of EIC/PIC. Competitive pay and comprehensive benefits are offered.