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Sr. Principal PIC Development Engineer

Nokia
Sunnyvale, CA Full Time
POSTED ON 4/27/2026
AVAILABLE BEFORE 8/1/2026
Job Description

The Sr Principal PIC Development Engineer will oversee the design, development, and transfer to manufacturing of Infinera’s Photonic Integrated Circuits (PIC) products. The person should be detail orientated and able to manage multiple critical path activities at the same time. He or she should have significant experience with Photonic devices, especially for InP based devices and be familiar with device fabrication and manufacturing. The successful candidate will be expected to work cross-functionally with optoelectronic packaging, assembly and Analog ASIC design teams and be able to technically communicate with team members and up-level key messages/requirements. The person should be able to develop and manage risk assessments over project lifecycles. He or she must be able to develop and manage project budgets and schedules.

How You Will Contribute And What You Will Learn

  • Manage and scale the team to deliver solutions in support of Infinera’s development of optical engine
  • Enhance and rigorously execute on design methodologies and processes for PIC development.
  • Oversee the development and scaling of internal design tools to improve and automate PIC layout activities
  • Work with cross-functional teams to understand and define product requirements and plans
  • Independently resolves issues and conquer organization and technical challenges
  • Develop and actively manage project budgets, schedules, and risk profiles
  • Provide inputs into product road maps

Key Skills And Experience

MS/PhD in engineering, 10 years’ experience in telecommunications, optoelectronics, or microelectronics development with significant time in management role

Significant experience with optical component design for performance, especially for InP devices

Familiarity with InP opto-electronic fabrication, material characterization and epitaxy knowledge experience with product development is highly desired.

The Job will require frequent collaborative interaction with fab, epitaxy, test and reliability engineering, packaging, product engineering, and system engineering groups

Strong leadership and communication and engineering and project management skills

Experienced in leading a diverse team of strong Individual contributors

Technical depth to understand concerns and communicate status and resolution to executive leadership team

Ability to evaluate candidates, mentor and develop the team

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