HPE Labs -- Postdoctoral Research Associate
About The Position
The Large-Scale Integrated Photonics (LSIP) Laboratory at HPE Labs has an immediate opening for a postdoctoral researcher with a background in silicon photonic device design, fabrication, and testing. The critical tasks are the design of silicon photonic integrated circuits and devices for edge AI and high performance computing. Successful candidates will have hands-on experience with device simulations, chip layout, device fabrication, and testing. HPE Labs is an international research organization with its headquarters and largest facility located in Milpitas, California. As the central research organization for Hewlett Packard Enterprise (HPE), HPE Labs' purpose is to deliver breakthrough technologies and technology advancements that provide a competitive advantage for the company, by investing in fundamental science and technology in areas of interest to HPE and getting the resulting technologies ready for adoption into new and existing markets. LSIP is a world-renowned research team producing outstanding research in nanophotonics and quantum optics, with recent publications in Nature, Nature Photonics, Physical Review Letters, Optics Letters, and Optics Express. Our program is well-funded internally and has an impressive record of attracting significant government funding. Our team members have enjoyed exceptional success in launching scientific and engineering careers in both industrial and academic settings. In addition, our regular research positions offer competitive salaries and benefits for qualified candidates. We expect all our researchers (including interns and post-docs) to provide thought leadership and technical influence both internally and externally to HPE, as well as take innovative ideas and make them real - contributing along the full range from initial novel ideas to design, development, implementation, evaluation, and technology transfer. The ideal candidate can thrive in an applied research environment, balancing significant technical and scientific contributions with the ability to bring such contributions to practice through innovative solutions that address the needs of our customers and partners. We expect the successful candidate to collaborate with HPE Labs research teams as well as with external partners, and to work in alignment with HPE's broader innovation community. We are looking for candidates who have recently completed a PhD degree in physics, applied physics, or electrical engineering, and have demonstrated the potential for high-caliber research, with a good understanding of the current state of the art, major trends and opportunities, and a demonstrated track record in making things real in innovative ways. The ideal candidate combines this interest with a broad, entrepreneurial interest in creating the next generation of HPE's products and technologies. The ideal candidate will have theoretical and experimental knowledge of silicon photonics and/or neuromorphic photonic computing. Applicants should be comfortable working in a strongly collaborative and multidisciplinary industrial basic research environment.
Requirements
- PhD in electrical engineering, applied physics, or related areas.
- Hands-on experience with device simulations (Lumerical or similar), chip layout (L-edit, Synopsys, or similar), device fabrication (4" wafers, stepper lithography, dry and wet etching, PECVD and e-beam deposition), and testing (LIV, eye diagram, bit error ratio) required.
- Excellent written and verbal communication skills will be required for technical reporting and problem solving.
Nice To Haves
- Experience with non-volatile silicon photonic memory devices or MOS (capacitive) tuning in silicon photonic devices is a plus.
- Experience with design and testing neuromorphic photonic integrated circuits is also preferred.
- Experience with programming and theory of neural networks and AI algorithms.
Benefits
- Health & Wellbeing We strive to provide our team members and their loved ones with a comprehensive suite of benefits that supports their physical, financial and emotional wellbeing.
- Personal & Professional Development We also invest in your career because the better you are, the better we all are. We have specific programs catered to helping you reach any career goals you have — whether you want to become a knowledge expert in your field or apply your skills to another division.
- Unconditional Inclusion We are unconditionally inclusive in the way we work and celebrate individual uniqueness. We know varied backgrounds are valued and succeed here. We have the flexibility to manage our work and personal needs. We make bold moves, together, and are a force for good.
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Entry Level
Education Level
Ph.D. or professional degree
Number of Employees
5,001-10,000 employees
