Photonics System Engineer

Texas Instruments

22h

About The Position

At TI, System Engineers work to identify ideal roadmap opportunities for a business and are responsible for defining new products and platforms based on market opportunity. To do this, they leverage strong technical knowledge of our existing portfolio, deep understanding of the technologies, standards and protocols within an industry or end equipment, and an ability to engage with customers and translate their requirements into technical specifications that will solve their problems. Systems engineers also partner closely with marketing and applications engineers, as well as design teams, to ensure our roadmap is both meeting customer and market requirements and is technically optimized and manufacturable at a price and cost point that makes sense for the business.

Requirements

Master's or PhD in Electrical Engineering, Optoelectronics, or related field
5+ years industry experience in high-volume manufacturing of optical engines (EIC, PIC), preferably in datacom applications
Strong organizational skills with multi-disciplinary and multi-cultural collaboration experience
Analytical ability to solve complex design and manufacturing challenges
Experience promoting/marketing ICs and driving design wins by providing system solutions
Strong customer facing skills

Nice To Haves

Prior experience with silicon photonics and high-speed optical device fabrication
Hands-on optical bench lab skills for customer support and debug
Ability to establish strong relationships with key stakeholders critical to success, both internally and externally
Strong verbal and written communication skills
Ability to quickly ramp on new systems and processes
Ability to take the initiative and drive for results
Strong time management skills that enable on-time project delivery

Responsibilities

Owns and discerns optical market trends and requirements
Attend trade shows and engage with external customers directly
Emphasis/focus on datacom market applications
Represents TI within the industry through Standards body engagement
Attend Standards-setting meetings (OIF, IEEE (incl. E4AI), XPO-MSA, LPO-MSA, OSFP-MSA, Open CPX)
Communicate industry directions back to internal teams
Establishes internal product requirements through standards/market updates
Define test requirements/conditions in spec compliance matrix (i.e. Starfish)
Drive multi-disciplinary discussions (e.g. design, qual/rel, applications) to align product definition with implementation
Influences Optical Engine Roadmap
Support optical systems owner in roadmap (i.e. Aaron)
EIC-to-PIC interface (2.5D, 3D packaging)
CPO technical requirements