What are the responsibilities and job description for the Director, Silicon Photonics Design position at AMD and Careers?
THE ROLE:
We are looking for an experienced manager to lead a team of silicon photonics design engineers to bring the highest quality, industry-leading photonics technologies to market. As a team leader, you will focus on developing best practices for device design, circuit analysis, and DFx. You will lead a design team to deliver product-quality PICs for co-packaged optics, while also fostering career development and reporting to senior leadership.
THE PERSON:
You are a subject matter expert in integrated photonics with a track record of shipping real products. You have prior line management experience and are a team player. You have strong analytical and problem-solving skills, and can be as hands-on as necessary. You are willing to learn and ready to take ownership of problems.
KEY RESPONSIBILITIES:
- Lead and manage a design team to deliver advanced integrated silicon photonic devices
- Closely collaborate with internal and external teams to define and drive foundry technology and supply chain requirements to support yield and product delivery
- Establish and maintain best-practices for DFx across photonic designs
- Drive innovation in new devices, circuits, and optical architectures within integrated photonics
PREFERRED EXPERIENCE:
- Strong working experience in managing photonic design teams
- Hands-on experience in integrated photonics
- Experience bringing a photonic product from R&D to HVM
- Experience working with industry-standard photonic and electronic design tools (Cadence/Synopsys, Ansys FDTD/MODE, TCAD, HFSS, EMX, COMSOL, and similar tools)
- Photonic design and analysis software development, such as in Python/Matlab or Verilog-A
- Deep expertise in optical communication from device physics to link architecture
- Familiarity with cross-disciplinary skillsets in high-speed design, test systems, optical control, hardware/firmware design, advanced electronic and photonic packaging, reliability, and qualification testing.
ACADEMIC CREDENTIALS:
- Bachelor, Masters or Phd degree in Physics/Electrical Engineering
LOCATION: San Jose, CA
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