Subsystem Validation Engineer

Job Description

Job Title: Senior Subsystem Validation Engineer. Location: Milpitas, California, United States

Responsibilities:

• Review sub-system designs integrating optics, electronics, firmware, software, and thermal systems.
• Design and assemble laboratory setups including light sources, detectors, switches, function generators, oscilloscopes, and other test equipment.
• Develop software scripts for data collection, analysis, and extraction of key performance parameters;
• Plan and execute experiments to validate sub-system functionality.
• Write validation plans for characterization of new sub-system designs.

Qualifications:

• Bachelor’s degree in engineering or physical science.
• 6+ years of industry experience.
• At least 5 years of experience validating and testing optical systems.
• Proficiency with optical and/or electrical test equipment (e.g., power meters, optical backscatter reflectometers, optical spectrum analyzers, oscilloscopes, function generators, vector network analyzers);
• Experience with high-speed electro-optical devices such as electro-optical modulators, RF detectors, pulsed lasers, optical sampling oscilloscopes.
• Ability to develop test methods, optimization, and tuning/calibration algorithms.
• Ability to write scripts to communicate with and control instruments.

Preferred:

• Experience with Python scripting.
• Familiarity with programming CPUs to interface with FPGAs.

Benefits and Compensation:

• U.S. Base Pay Range: $160,000 - $180,000 USD
• Bay Area Pay Range: $183,000 - $200,000 USD
• Full-time roles are eligible for equity and benefits;
• Compensation may vary based on experience, education, and business needs.