Senior Principal Optical Systems Engineer (San Jose) Job at MaxLinear, San Jose, CA

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  • MaxLinear
  • San Jose, CA

Job Description

Senior Principal Optical Systems Engineer

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Senior Principal Optical Systems Engineer

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Responsibilities

MaxLinear is seeking an experienced photonics/datacom transceiver engineer to join our team. In this role, you will join a word-class engineering team developing next generation fiber optic Ethernet transceiver DSP platforms for hyperscale data center applications.

  • Technical leadership representing the systems function in the cross-functional development of next-generation DSP platforms
  • Provide photonics component and module expertise into the IC design cycle
  • Design and execute post silicon test plans at both electrical and optical platform levels to verify performance of next-generation DSP platforms
  • Help design, calibrate, and test various transceiver reference designs and platforms
  • Work with marketing to understand customer requirements and with internal engineering teams to translate them to product requirements and test plans
  • Work with field and application engineering to understand customer issues during the qualification phase and lead internal debug and resolution efforts

Responsibilities

MaxLinear is seeking an experienced photonics/datacom transceiver engineer to join our team. In this role, you will join a word-class engineering team developing next generation fiber optic Ethernet transceiver DSP platforms for hyperscale data center applications.

  • Technical leadership representing the systems function in the cross-functional development of next-generation DSP platforms
  • Provide photonics component and module expertise into the IC design cycle
  • Design and execute post silicon test plans at both electrical and optical platform levels to verify performance of next-generation DSP platforms
  • Help design, calibrate, and test various transceiver reference designs and platforms
  • Work with marketing to understand customer requirements and with internal engineering teams to translate them to product requirements and test plans
  • Work with field and application engineering to understand customer issues during the qualification phase and lead internal debug and resolution efforts

Qualifications

  • Solid experience leading technical execution from concept to volume production in the data-center optics industry
  • Subject matter expertise in optical components, optical system design and characterization, optical transceiver design, high speed networking standards such as Ethernet, Infiniband, and PCIe, and PAM-4 analog and digital signal processing
  • Experience calibrating and characterizing high speed datacom transceivers
  • Customer facing experience a plus
  • Self-motivated, effective communication skills, and ability to excel in a fast-paced environment
  • Excellent communication and project management skills
  • BS in Electrical Engineering or related + 11 years of experience, or MS + 9 years of experience, or Ph.D. + 6 years of experience

Compensation And Benefits

MaxLinear has a Total Compensation philosophy which includes base salary and annual discretionary bonus eligibility and many positions also include stock-based compensation.

MaxLinear expects to offer a starting base salary within the range of: $146,200 to $227,010 Annually

We offer competitive benefits designed to support employee health, welfare, and retirement and some highlights are: health care benefits, 401k savings plan, Employee Stock Purchase Plan (ESPP), and paid time off.

The actual starting base salary will be determined by the match to certain role-related criteria such as educational degree(s) or equivalent, relevant work experience, skillset needed for the role, and geographic location; this is not an all-inclusive list as some roles may require unique skills or experience.

Qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to, and will not be discriminated against based on race, sex, religion, national origin, sexual orientation, gender identity, disability, or protected veteran status.

Company Overview

MaxLinear is a global, NASDAQ-traded company (MXL) where the entrepreneurial spirit is alive and well. We are a fabless system-on-chip product company, striving to improve the worlds communication networks for everyone through our highly integrated radio-frequency (RF), analog, digital, and mixed-signal semiconductor solutions for access and connectivity, wired and wireless infrastructure, and industrial and multi-market applications.

We hire the best people in the industry and engage them in some of the most exciting opportunities that connect the world we live in today. Our growth has come from innovative, bold approaches to solving some of the worlds most challenging communication technology problems in the most efficient and effective manner.

MaxLinear began by developing the worlds first high-performance TV tuner chip using standard CMOS process technology. Others said we couldnt achieve the extremely high-performance requirements using CMOS, but we proved them wrong and achieved enduring global market leadership with our designs. Since then, weve developed a full line of products that drive 4G and 5G infrastructure; enable data center, metro and long-haul optical interconnects; bring 10Gbit to the home; power the IoT revolution; and enable robust and reliable communication in harsh industrial environments. Over the years, weve expanded through organic growth and through several acquisitions that have perfectly complemented our existing portfolio and enabled us to deliver complete end-to-end solutions in our target markets. One such example was the acquisition of Intels Home Gateway Platform Division that added Wi-Fi, Ethernet, and Broadband Gateway Processor SoC technology to our connected home portfolio creating a complete and scalable platform of connectivity and access solutions to fully address our customers needs.

Our headquarters are in Carlsbad, near San Diego, California. We also have major design centers in Irvine and San Jose, California ; Vancouver, Canada; Valencia, Spain; Bangalore and Chennai, India; Munich, Germany; Israel; and Singapore.

We have approximately 1,200 employees, a substantial majority of whom have engineering degrees and include masters and Ph.D. graduates from many of the premiere universities around the world. Our employees thrive on innovation, outstanding execution, outside-the-box thinking, nimbleness, and collaboration. Together, we form a high-energy business team that is focused on building the best and most innovative products on the market.

Seniority level

  • Seniority level

    Mid-Senior level

Employment type

  • Employment type

    Full-time

Job function

  • Job function

    Information Technology
  • Industries

    Semiconductor Manufacturing

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