Principal Engineer

2 days ago

San Jose, California, United States Lumilens Full time
About Lumilens

We are a well-funded start-up backed by prominent investors and industry leaders, focused on developing the next generation of high-speed photonics products. If you are passionate about photonics and want to work in a dynamic, fast-paced start-up environment, we encourage you to explore this opportunity.

About the Job

We are seeking an experienced Principal Engineer to lead our High-Speed Optical Transceiver Design team. This position will be responsible for defining the system architecture, design, interfaces, risks, and tradeoff analysis supporting product development objectives. You will work closely with cross-functional teams to deliver Lumilens' family of optical transceiver solutions to market.

Key Responsibilities:
  • Provide technical leadership for the definition of system architecture, design, interfaces, risks, and tradeoff analysis supporting product development objectives.
  • Collaborate with cross-functional teams on feature specifications, collect requirements from all relevant partners, and make decisions about implementation tradeoffs.
  • Support selection and characterization of DSP, RF IC, and photonic ICs and subassemblies.
  • Coordinate with external partners and the internal team to drive the hardware platform development.
  • Review and oversee engineering verification plans and tests, ensuring designs meet product objectives.
  • Provide technical leadership, mentorship, and coaching to team members.
  • Own link budgets and penalty allocations for optical transceiver products.
Required / Desired Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities:
  • MS or PhD in Electrical Engineering/Physics or equivalent education with experience in optical communications, photonics, high-speed electronics or systems.
  • 7+ years experience of developing optical transceivers with market success.
  • Fundamental understanding of optical communication systems, fiber transmission penalties, photonic integrated components, electronic (integrated) circuits, signal analysis, and signal processing.
  • Fundamental understanding of high-speed optoelectronic devices (lasers, detectors, modulators).
  • Familiar with high-speed ICs, including DSP, modulator drivers, and transimpedance amplifiers.
  • Experience characterizing and troubleshooting high-speed optical transceivers.
  • Hands-on experience working with system-level optical communication hardware and components.
  • Experience characterizing high-speed RF and optoelectronic components and assemblies.
  • Extensive understanding of IMDD and coherent communications systems.
  • Demonstrated design of products in the field with Telcordia GR-468 compliance.
  • Programming experience in Python desired.
  • Good communication and collaboration skills.
  • Candidate will be required to spend the majority of time in our San Jose, California office.

We are an equal opportunity employer and welcome applications from diverse candidates. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, religious creed, sex, national origin, ancestry, age, physical or mental disability, medical condition, genetic information, military and veteran status, marital status, pregnancy, gender, gender expression, gender identity, sexual orientation, or any other characteristic protected by local law, regulation, or ordinance.

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