Photonic Engineer, Platforms Infrastructure
at Google
Location
Sunnyvale, CA, USA
Compensation
$132k–$189k USD
Type
full time
Posted
3 weeks ago
Market range · company + function + seniority
$198k—$231k—$247k
p25 · target · p75 · n=466
Posted $189k · below the band
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Job description
Be part of a team that pushes boundaries, developing custom silicon solutions that power the future of Google's direct-to-consumer products. You'll contribute to the innovation behind products loved by millions worldwide. Your expertise will shape the next generation of hardware experiences, delivering unparalleled performance, efficiency, and integration.Our Platforms Infrastructure Engineering team designs and builds the hardware and software technologies that power all of Google's services. Our computational challenges are complex and unique, enabled by cutting-edge custom hardware designed and made in-house. As a hardware engineer, you will design and build the systems that are the heart of the world's largest and most powerful computing infrastructure. You will see those systems from concept all the way through to high-volume manufacturing. Your work has the potential to shape the machinery that goes into our cutting-edge data centers, affecting millions of Google users.Individual pay is determined by factors including job-related skills, experience, and relevant education or training.
US: $132000 - $189000 (USD) + 15% bonus target + equity + benefits
Learn more about benefits at Google.
US: $132000 - $189000 (USD) + 15% bonus target + equity + benefits
Learn more about benefits at Google.
Responsibilities
- Design low-cost and high-speed optical transceivers for ICI communication links.
- Architect optical systems to scale TPU superpods.
- Identify, research, evaluate emerging photonic networking technologies.
- Explore optical technologies to disaggregate and improve the efficiencies of future computing systems.
Minimum qualifications:
- Bachelor's degree in Electrical Engineering, Optics, Physics, a related field, or equivalent practical experience.
- 2 years of experience working with fiber optical components and packaging techniques.
Preferred qualifications:
- PhD degree in Electrical Engineering, Optics, Physics, or a related field.
- Experience with digital coherent optical transmission systems.
- Proficiency in digital signal processing, high-speed optoelectronic circuit simulation or system modeling.
- Knowledge of large volume high-speed optical transceiver designs and manufacturing.
- Knowledge of high speed design of electronics and optics.
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