Silicon Photonics Application Engineer – Experienced

Advantest • San Jose, CA

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About The Position

With a long legacy of success, innovation and customer awards, Advantest
America, Inc. (AAI) is the North American subsidiary of Advantest Corporation,
the world's largest provider of automated test equipment (ATE) to the
semiconductor industry. We lead the way in developing new and innovative test
and handling solutions for the global electronics industry. Advantest America,
Inc. (AAI) has a unique company culture. With its corporate headquarters in
Japan and its US subsidiary based in the Silicon Valley, AAI possesses a
cross-cultural blend of Japanese and California styles.

This applications engineering position is in our rapidly growing Silicon
Photonics team. The ideal candidate has knowledge on an ATE platform and can
provide solutions to our customers for electrical and optical test challenges.
Experience with electro-optical probe solutions and FAU alignment is a big plus.
We look for a candidate who is comfortable in both pre-sales and post-sales
assignments to scope and deliver cutting edge solutions to our strategic
customers. You will work in a cross functional team with SW and HW R&D, sales
and marketing. This is an ideal position for a test engineer with a strong
electrical / optical background; it requires ATE as well as SW skills to develop
test programs and custom scripts for instrument control.

Requirements

• BS degree in electrical, optical engineering or physics
• Product and test engineering experience on an ATE platform or a bench environment
• Statistical data analysis experience on tools like JMP, Galaxy, excel or others
• JAVA and Python experience
• Experience with optical devices

Nice To Haves

• MS degree or higher
• Knowledge and experience on test program development for Silicon Photonics products
• Experience with handlers and probers; probe card development
• Experience with lasers, optical analyzers, power meters, polarizers and circulators

Responsibilities

• Translate customer requirements into technical solutions; work with Advantest R&D and marketing to identify possible gaps in the roadmap and scope out potential solutions
• Work with customers to transition electro-optical bench solutions into mass production
• Ability to understand load board schematics; having knowledge of dual sided probe solutions is a plus
• Knowledge in test sockets and probe cards / probe technologies
• Test code development in programming languages like JAVA and scripting languages like Python
• Accountable for the design, scoping, and technical validity of the solution to achieve the customer's business objectives
• Close cooperation with other applications engineers in our European and Asian subsidiaries

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Mid Level
• Number of Employees: 5,001-10,000 employees