About the role
AI summarisedThe Principal Optics Engineer at AMD will lead the development of silicon photonics test solutions from concept to production, collaborating with design, packaging, and supplier teams to define test strategies, roadmaps, and DFM/DFY guidelines. This role involves driving technology qualifications, solving yield and reliability challenges, and enabling production-worthy optical test ecosystems through vendor and partner engagement.
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Key Responsibilities
- Work with product architects in early definition stage to understand and define Test strategy and roadmap
- Collaborate with silicon design, product & test, and packaging teams to architect & define test solutions for silicon photonics at wafer sort, die-level, and CPO-level
- Collaborate with design, packaging, and key suppliers to understand structural and parametric mechanisms for performance, yield, reliability, and quality issues
- Interface with suppliers to provide technical inputs & test requirements to enable production-worthy end-to-end solutions
- Responsible for identifying & mitigating test challenges and executing large technical projects and processes in a timely manner
- Design Optical Test and work with external vendors to develop the eco-system
Requirements
- Prior experience developing photonics coupler assembly, test, DFM
- Optical interconnects and silicon photonics experiences
- Familiar with general test & manufacturing of silicon photonics
- Experiences in semiconductor technology development role and experiences working with manufacturing partners such as suppliers, OSATs and foundry partners
- Hands on leadership experience driving cross-functional teams
- Proven track of leading technology qualification for advanced data-center products
- BS/MS/PhD in Material Science, Mechanical Engineering, Computer Science, Applied Mathematics, Electrical Engineering, or equivalent