Silicon Photonics Application Engineer

Advantest • San Jose, CA

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About The Position

This applications engineering position is part of Advantest America, Inc.’s rapidly growing Silicon Photonics team. The role provides customer solutions for electrical and optical test challenges, including pre-sales and post-sales assignments to scope and deliver solutions for strategic customers. The engineer works cross-functionally with software and hardware R&D, sales, and marketing, and develops test programs and custom scripts for instrument control. The position is suited to a test engineer with a strong electrical and optical background and ATE and software skills. It includes up to 25% domestic or international travel to customer and Advantest sites.

Requirements

• Knowledge of an ATE platform.
• Ability to provide solutions to electrical and optical test challenges.
• Strong electrical and optical background.
• ATE and software skills to develop test programs and custom instrument-control scripts.
• Ability to understand load board schematics.
• Knowledge of test sockets and probe cards or probe technologies.
• Experience with programming languages such as Java and scripting languages such as Python.

Nice To Haves

• Experience with electro-optical probe solutions and FAU alignment.
• Knowledge of dual-sided probe solutions.

Responsibilities

• Translate customer requirements into technical solutions and work with Advantest R&D and marketing to identify roadmap gaps and scope potential solutions.
• Help customers transition electro-optical bench solutions into mass production.
• Design, scope, and validate the technical solution to achieve the customer's business objectives.
• Develop test code and custom scripts for instrument control.
• Cooperate closely with applications engineers in Advantest's European and Asian subsidiaries.
• Travel up to 25% domestically or internationally to customer and Advantest sites.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Education Level: No Education Listed