Entry Level Silicon Photonics Engineer Jobs in Rutherford, NJ

Nokia of America Corporation, Sr Silicon Photonics Laser Engineer (Multiple Positions), New York, NY.
Responsibilities

• Research and develop silicon photonics integrated circuit technology.
• Main focus is on III-V technology development and narrow-linewidth laser design.
• Responsible for the development process for complex photonic devices and systems-on-chip, from design through fabrication, testing and analysis.
• Support the design of active and passive photonic devices and complex photonic integrated circuits and systems (mainly focused on epitaxial growth and design and/or III-V on Si device design and test).
• Develop new design approaches for device-level design and system-level optimization.
• Contribute to test development and analysis of device test data to correlate design with measurements (lasers as a bar, bare-die, or SOA/nITLA subassembly).
• Collaborate with other functional teams in the organization to deliver co-designed and co-optimized photonics systems (SOA, DFB/DBR circuits, and tunable laser designs and products).
• Responsible for development, test, and implement tunable laser feedback control systems (such as a PDI loop, or similar).
• Responsible for design of epitaxial structures, device geometries, and wafer fab processes to achieve electro-optical performance that meets or exceeds specification with production yields suitable for volume manufacturing. #LI-DNI

Telecommuting from a location within commuting distance of New York, NY permitted up to 1 day per week.
Qualifications
Master's degree or foreign equivalent in Telecommunications, Electrical Engineering, Optics, III-V Semiconductors, or a related field, and 2 years of related work experience.

• Must have 2 years of experience using optics electronics and semiconductor devices;
• Must have 2 years of experience in III-V semiconductor components design and characterization;
• Must have 2 years of experience integrating III-V semiconductors on silicon platforms;
• Must have 2 years of experience designing and characterizing hybrid photonic integrated circuits;
• Must have 2 years of experience designing and measuring laser systems;
• Must have 2 years of experience in optical measurement bench assembly and automation; and
• Must have 2 years of experience using Python for data analysis and processing.

Telecommuting from a location within commuting distance of New York, NY permitted up to 1 day per week.
International travel required up to 5%.
TO APPLY: Email CV to us.jobs@nokia.com with Job Code NY26-2506712 in subject line.
If offered employment, must have legal right to work in the U.S. EOE. Nokia of America Corporation offers a comprehensive compensation and benefits package: https://www.nokia.com/careers/our-locations/united-states/.
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About the Team
Some of our benefits in US:

• Corporate Retirement Savings Plan
• Health and dental benefits
• Short-term disability, and long-term disability
• Life insurance, and AD&D - Company paid 2x base pay
• Optional or Supplemental life and AD&D insurance (Employee/Spouse/Child)
• Paid time off for holidays and Vacation
• Employee Stock Purchase Plan
• Tuition Assistance Plan
• Adoption assistance
• Employee Assistance Program/Work Life Resource Program

The above benefits exclude students.
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