PIC Development Technical Leader - Military veterans preferred

2025-06-19
Infinera
Other

/yr

  employee   contract


Sunnyvale
California
94085
United States

Infinera

Location: United States - CA - Sunnyvale
Full/Part Time: Full time
Req ID: 202580


CA Pay Range (Annual):

$210,000.00 - $390,000.00

At Infinera, your base pay is one part of your total compensation package. Your actual base pay will depend on your skills, qualifications, experience, and location. This role may be eligible for equity grants, discretionary bonuses, or commission payments. The amount of these incentives is based on the terms of the Company’s incentive plans, the Company’s financial performance, and/or individual employee job performance.

Infinera also offers paid leave, medical,

dental, and vision coverage, 401(k),

life, and disability insurance to eligible employees.

Infinera is the global supplier of innovative networking solutions. Our customers include the leading service providers, data center operators, internet content providers (ICPs), cable operators, enterprises, and government agencies worldwide, including 9 of the top 10 Tier 1 service providers and 6 of the top 7 ICPs. We design, develop and deliver hardware and software for fiber-based connectivity solutions that span access, aggregation, metro, long haul, and submarine network. Our industry-leading, trendsetting edge-to-core solutions provide the foundation for many of the world’s largest and most demanding networks that generate billions in service revenue for our customers.

Job Description

We are looking for a candidate to provide key technical leadership on the design and development of Infinera’s next generation PICs and drive the development of high performance tunable lasers, high speed optoelectronic components and the integration platform. The candidate will work within the PIC design and engineering team, alongside a group of strong individual contributors, on simulation, data analysis and product development leveraging reliable design concepts. Responsibilities will include guiding the performance verification and optimization of the devices and contributing towards the transfer to manufacturing of PIC products.

Requirements

  • MS/PhD in engineering, 10+ years’ experience in telecommunications, optoelectronics, or microelectronics development
  • A strong understanding of optical components design, epitaxy, fabrication and component/system level tests.
  • Strong background with semiconductor optical devices such as laser, detectors, modulators and other integrated waveguide devices.
  • Ability to work with a large body of data and the necessary statistical analysis tools, and the ability to present the data and ideas to a diverse audience.
  • The Job will require frequent collaborative interaction with fab, epitaxy, test and reliability engineering, packaging, product engineering, and system engineering groups
  • Strong leadership and communication and engineering and project management skills

Responsibilities

  • Provide technical leadership to a team of strong individual designers on the design and development of high performance tunable lasers, high speed devices and PIC integration
  • Lead interactions within internal teams on design and qualification efforts
  • Enhance and rigorously execute on design methodologies and processes
  • Work with cross-functional teams to understand and define product requirements and plans
  • Independently resolves issues and conquer technical challenges
  • Provide inputs into product road maps

#LI-SR2

“This position requires direct or indirect access to certain confidential information, hardware, software, technology, or technical information (referred to here as “Export-Controlled Information”) controlled under the U.S. International Traffic in Arms Regulations (ITAR) and/or the U.S. Export Administration Regulations (EAR). All personnel in this position must be eligible to or be able to obtain authorization from the appropriate agency to access applicable Export-Controlled Information. The U.S. Department of Commerce currently requires a foreign person with a most recent citizenship or permanent residency of Sudan, Ukraine, or a country currently designated in Country Group D:1, E:1 or E:2 (Supplement No. 1 to Part 740, Title 15) to have an export control license to access our Export-Controlled Information, unless they meet certain exemptions provided under U.S. export control laws and regulations. The list of applicable countries in Country Group D:1, E:1 or E:2 may be updated by the U.S. government from time to time. The current processing time for an export control license is approximately 4 to 6 months.

Your employment or engagement with Infinera shall be contingent on verifying your eligibility or requirement for obtaining a necessary license and/or authorization from the appropriate agency. You will be required to provide certain information for export control compliance assessment purposes, and your information will be reviewed by Infinera's hiring and export control teams to ensure compliance with the U.S. export control laws and regulations. Infinera will collect necessary documents (such as proof of citizenship etc.) to assess license/authorization requirements if you are offered and accept the position.”

Infinera is an equal opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, sex, color, religion, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability status, protected veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by law. Infinera complies with all applicable state and local laws governing nondiscrimination in employment.



Infinera is an equal opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, religion, color, national origin, sex, age, status as a protected veteran, or status as a qualified individual with disability. EEO Employer/Vet/Disabled.



Equal employment opportunity, including veterans and individuals with disabilities.

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