Staff Product Development Engineer
Opticore · Berkeley, CA · 1 wk ago
EngineeringFull-time
Key Responsibilities
- Serve as a technical leader and integrator across PIC, EIC, FPGA, packaging, and systems
- Drive hardware program execution: milestones, tape-out schedules, bring-up plans
- Bring industry discipline and product intuition to a team with deep research expertise
- Work hands-on as an IC in early stages, debugging, designing, and building alongside the team
- Grow into managing the hardware engineering organization as headcount scales
- Partner with the software/compiler team to ensure hardware-software co-design from day one
Minimum Requirements
- 8+ years of industry experience in semiconductor or computer hardware engineering
- Demonstrated track record of shipping semiconductor or computer hardware products end-to-end
- Broad technical depth across hardware disciplines (chip design, systems integration, bring-up)
- Strong program management instincts, able to drive execution without heavy process overhead
- Comfortable operating as both a technical leader and individual contributor
- Industry background required
Even Better If You Have Experience
- In a player-coach or lead engineer role at an early-stage hardware startup
- Exposure to photonic or optoelectronic systems
- Background in AI/ML hardware or accelerator development