viaPhoton
Optoelectronics Engineer
Naperville, IL · Mid
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About the role
- You'll shape viaPhoton's new Co-Packaged Optics (CPO) product family, guiding it from technology selection and architecture all the way through to production.
- This is hands-on work at the cutting edge of optical technology, extending our footprint deeper into AI data centers and factories.
- Guide the Co-Packaged Optics product family from technology selection and architecture through development, integration, and productization
Responsibilities
- You'll partner closely with a cross-functional team to turn next-generation optical solutions into products we can ship.
- Guide Optical Module development from concept through to productionUse optical and electrical modeling and simulation software to design electro-optical devices and data paths
- Collaborate across a cross-functional team of digital and analog circuit designers, signal and power integrity experts, substrate layout, and system design members
- We're building something big, and we want good people along for the ride.
Requirements
- strong understanding of silicon photonics, semiconductor physics, and optical component design, fabrication, and test
Skills
- Are comfortable with EDA and optical simulation tools, 2.5D/3D optical-electronic integration, and higher-order PAM transmission formats
Compensation
- $80,000 to $150,000 base, plus annual bonus
Benefits
- Robust health, dental, and vision coverage that starts on day 1
- Flexible PTO that grows over time
- Compensation: $80,000 to $150,000 base, plus annual bonus
Company info
- About viaPhoton
- We are changing the norm by being customer-focused, technology-led.
- viaPhoton builds custom-engineered fiber optic solutions that power AI infrastructure, data centers, and 5G networks for some of the biggest names in tech.
- In five years we've grown to a team of 200+ and 4x'd our revenue in the last year alone, and we're just getting started.
- We're looking for dependable, hardworking people who take pride in their work and want to grow with us.
- At viaPhoton, we are committed to furthering our culture of inclusion.
Equal opportunity
- We are an equal opportunity employer and make all employment decisions based on merit and qualifications.
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