Senior Fiber Assembly Process Engineer

Job Summary

The Senior Fiber Assembly Process Engineer will be responsible for the development of advanced assembly instrumentation for high-performance and high throughput fiber splicing, and study and address fiber and splice reliability at the scale of datacenters. This role combines fiber engineering, opto-mechanical automation, optical assembly manufacturing and semiconductor process development.

Responsibilities

• Study and root-cause sources of fiber splice loss and loss variability.

• Develop and deploy advanced fiber processing equipment working with industrial partners.

• Develop advanced measurement methodologies for validating fiber and fiber splice losses at datacenter scale.

• Use optical simulation tools to model behavior & performance fiber-fiber interfaces for a wide range of advanced fiber designs.

• Assess modal properties, loss mechanisms, dispersion, coupling, and other key fiber characteristics relevant to demanding optical applications, through optical modeling and experimental validation, model closure.

• Work with the optical packaging and assembly validation teams to develop and deliver test methods for the performance and reliability of fiber interfaces.

Experience/Qualifications

• MSc or PhD in photonics, optics, physics, engineering, or a related field, or equivalent industry experience.

• 5+ years of experience in fiber optics, optical system development and assembly.

• Strong understanding of optical fibers and fiber splicing & measurement equipment.

• Familiar with key opto-mechanical packaging and assembly equipment.

• Proficiency in Python and JMP.

• Experience with mechanical and/or optical instrumentation automation and control.

• Familiarity with back-end semiconductor packaging is a plus.