High-Speed Electro-Optical IC Engineer (RFIC Engineering)
Redmond, WAfull time
On Site
entry
$125k–$165k
H1B: no
SpaceX High-Speed Electro-Optical IC Engineer role at SpaceX designing and simulating electro-optical integrated circuits for Starlink. Collaborates with cross-disciplinary teams to develop next-generation PIC/EIC.
Responsibilities
Design, analyze and simulate drivers for MZM and laser diodes
Design analyze and simulate TIAs and derive models for PDs (Ge Photo diodes)
Derive specifications for the entire electro-optical system and circuits
Design and model package for elecrto-optical components and systems
Develop Analog/Mixed-Signal/RF/Microwave circuits in SiGe, FDSOI, or silicon bulk CMOS processes
Work with system architects, DSP/ASIC designers and PIC designers to partition functions between hardware, software, and optical domains
Perform IC floor planning and layout
Simulate and model package and external discrete components
Evaluate, characterize and measure electrical and optical building blocks of a high-speed optical link solution
Assist in the development of automated test setups and test programs for production and lab measurements
Work with manufacturing engineers on production testing and qualification of the EIC/PIC components and systems
Qualification
Master's degree or PhD in physics
Required
Bachelor's degree in electrical engineering, computer engineering, or computer science
2+ years of photonics or electro-optical integrated circuit design
Preferred
Master's degree or PhD in physics, electrical engineering or computer engineering with an emphasis in electro-optics integrated circuit design
Experience using simulation tools such as Spectre, ADS, HFSS or Momentum, Ansys Lumerical, COMSOL
Understanding of silicon photonics designs, and familiarity with optical building blocks such as MZM and Microring modulators, Ge Photo diodes, dWDM filters, waveguides, couplers, dividers and polarization management circuitry
Electrical circuit design skills for mmWave or broadband analog, and experience performing analysis and simulation of both linear and non-linear circuits such as high bandwidth modulator drivers, TIAs, CTLEs, filters, low noise and power amplifiers
Knowledge of advanced packaging technology for high-speed data links
Experience working on wideband circuit designs supporting high speed Serdes links with more than 80Gbps data rate and bandwidths exceeding 10s of GHz
Familiarity with high speed SerDes architecture, modulation schemes such as NRZ and PAM4 and link protocols
Familiarity with optical and radio related test equipment such as spectrum analyzers, vector signal analyzers, vector signal generators, high speed oscilloscopes and BERTs
