nEye.ai

nEye.ai

Senior Photonics Test Systems Engineer

Santa Clara, CA · Senior

Sponsorship not specified$140k-$230kDetected 264 days ago
PythonMATLABData EngineeringSystems EngineeringControlsLabVIEWTest Automation

About the role

  • This is not a traditional "test execution" role.
  • Debug complex issues across optical, electrical, and mechanical domains

Responsibilities

  • Build & Own Optical Test Systems
  • Architect and develop custom electro-optical test platforms at wafer, die, and module levels
  • Design and integrate instrumentation such as optical spectrum analyzers, tunable lasers, polarization control systems, and RF/electro-optical measurement setups
  • Build scalable, production-ready test racks and infrastructure
  • Drive Measurement Strategy & Insight
  • Define and validate key optical performance metrics (e.g., insertion loss, return loss, polarization-dependent loss, chromatic dispersion)
  • Develop novel measurement techniques and calibration methods where needed
  • Use DOE, statistical methods, and modeling to extract signal and guide design decisions
  • Own the transition from lab validation to high-volume production test
  • Support transfer of test systems to contract manufacturers and production partners

Requirements

  • Comfortable working in a high-velocity, evolving environment with a willingness to travel to support manufacturing partners and field deployment as required
  • Intimate knowledge of all of the following optical metrics and their measurement techniques: IL, RL, WDL, PDL, CD, DGD, GDR, and MPI

Skills

  • Establish MSA, CpK, SPC, and yield monitoring frameworks

Compensation

  • $140k-$230k

Company info

  • The company's SuperSwitch is an ultra-low power consumption, high radix, compact chip-scale design, offering hyperscale data centers enhanced performance, efficiency, and scalability.
  • Job Overview: We are looking for a hands-on photonics experimentalist and test systems engineer to design, build, and scale the systems used to measure, validate, and productionize our optical platform.
  • You will own how optical systems are measured, from first prototypes through high-volume production.
  • nEye.ai, a well-funded optical switch startup, is poised to revolutionize the future of data centers. nEye's MEMS-based silicon photonics optical circuit switches (OCS) eliminate critical bottlenecks in AI processing by enabling direct optical connections among thousands of GPUs and memory units.
  • This includes defining measurement strategies, building custom test systems, developing automation and analysis frameworks, and closing the loop between design, fabrication, and system performance.
  • Bridge R&D to Manufacturing
  • Drive design improvements based on test data
  • Build Automation & Data Systems
  • Develop scalable test automation frameworks using Python, LabVIEW, or similar tools
  • Create data pipelines and analysis tools (e.g., JMP, MATLAB, Python)
  • Enable rapid debugging, visualization, and data-driven decision-making
  • Required Qualifications
  • Preferred Qualification
  • Direct product experience testing specific components like DWDM filters, Mux/Demux, circulators, couplers, switches, etc.

Equal opportunity

  • nEye.ai is an Equal Opportunity Employer.
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