Lead Photonics System Engineer

Advanced Micro Devices, Inc•San Jose, CA

2d•Hybrid

About The Position

We are seeking a seasoned Photonic System Engineer to help architect and bring to market advanced optical interconnects. You have experience specifying, designing, validating, and ramping state-of-the-art integrated optical products. You will drive architectural decisions across circuit design, module design, integration, tray, and rack-level architecture. You will play a key role in aligning product specifications with hyperscale customer requirements and ensuring robust system performance from concept to deployment.

Requirements

Excellent communication and presentation skills, demonstrated through technical publications, presentations, trainings, executive briefings, etc.
Highly adept at collaboration among top-thinkers and engineers alike, ready to mentor and guide, and help to elevate the knowledge and skills of the team around you.
Subject matter expertise on datacenter client optics
Experience with high-baud optical communication devices and systems
Strong working experience in optical transceiver design, fiber optics, RF modulation, and networking systems.
Experience with schematic and layout design for photonic integrated circuits
Familiarity with MSA and IEEE standards for optical transceivers, CPO, NPO (e.g., OCI, QSFP, OSFP, CMIS).
Experience testing transceiver performance: TDECQ, receiver sensitivity, stressed eye measurements

Responsibilities

Define product features, capabilities, architecture, and validation requirements, as well as drive technical specifications for advanced optical interconnects.
Work cross-functionally across design, packaging, platform, and NPI teams to ensure successful adoption of photonic solutions and serve as the photonic subject matter expert to help guide cross-functional decision-making, product-direction, and FMEA.
Engage directly with internal customers such as GPU/CPU system architects and external customers (hyperscalers, networking OEMs) on technical discussions and architecture trade-offs, specification alignment, and translating customer requirements into internal design targets and system specifications.
Work with SerDes, optical device, packaging, and SI/PI teams to optimize system performance across optical, electrical, and thermal domains.
Balance performance, power, cost, and manufacturability.
System-Level Bring-Up & Debug.
Support Optical Engine bring-up on XPU and / or switch platforms.
Conduct interoperability and system validation testing.
Lead root cause analysis for performance gaps.