Sr. Staff Engineer, Product Engineering - Silicon Photonics - Optical Engine

Ayar Labs
Ayar Labs

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hsinchu, east district, hsinchu city, taiwan

Posted on Oct 9, 2026
Position: Sr. Staff Engineer, Product Engineering - Silicon Photonics - Optical Engine
Location: Hsinchu, Taiwan
Job Id: 722
# of Openings: 0
Sr. Staff Product Engineer - Silicon Photonics - Optical Engine

Location: Hsinchu City, Taiwan (on-site)

Product engineering is a key role in delivering high quality connectivity products to the market. As a product engineer, you will be responsible for 1) defining and writing test programs for photonic integrated circuits and optical engines, 2) own the definition and development of manufacturing flows and test content optimized for quality and cost, 3) collaborating with design and firmware/controls teams on DFx features, and 4) analyzing production data to identify problems and drive cross-functional resources to solutions. You will be partnering with fab, design, packaging, validation, and manufacturing teams to deliver best-in-class connectivity products to the market.


Key Responsibilities:
  • Write the test programs and own the success of the test insertions in the manufacturing flow
  • Define the requirements specs for test hardware (probe card and loadboard) to enable desired test content/coverage
  • Define manufacturing strategy and test flow to achieve product health indicators
  • Collaborate with design and firmware teams to implement DFT features to achieve desired test coverage
  • Drive test time reduction and test socket elimination to achieve cost goals
  • Drive DPM reduction through test hole closure
  • Drive yield up by identifying root cause of failures and working with design, fab, and packaging to address gaps

Basic Qualifications:
  • Advanced degree (MS) in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, Electrical Engineering, Physics or related field
  • 3+ years of experience with PIC/SiPh product development and test
  • 6+ years of experience in industry as a product development engineer
  • Experience with developing test programs and specifying test hardware for optical communications products
  • Possess a deep understanding of photonic device theory of operation and photonics fab processes which can be leveraged to understand the implications of photonic test data for the product health
  • Experience working with fab and OSAT to drive yield and quality agenda for photonics products
  • Excellent communication skills with ability to present complex technical information clearly and concisely

Preferred Qualifications:
  • Advanced degree (PhD) in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, Electrical Engineering, Physics or related field
  • Experience establishing end-to-end manufacturing flow/strategy for photonic integrated circuits
  • Experience developing test programs for optical IO products on industry standard platforms (ATE)
  • Demonstrated ability to influence senior company leadership and customers
  • Explore photonic simulation environments (Python, MATLAB, Verilog) set up by other teams to anticipate design marginalities and discrepant behaviors before silicon exits the fab.
NOTE TO RECRUITERS:
Principals only. We are not accepting resumes from recruiters for this position. Remuneration for recruiting activities is only applicable subject to a signed and executed agreement between the parties. Please don’t send candidates to Ayar Labs, and do not contact our managers.
About Ayar Labs:
At Ayar Labs we’re about to revolutionize computing by moving data with light. We’re unleashing processing power for artificial intelligence, high performance computing, cloud and telecommunications by removing the bottlenecks created by today’s electrical I/O -- making it possible to continue scaling computing system performance. Ayar Labs is the first to deliver an optical I/O solution that combines in-package optical I/O chiplets and multi-wavelength remote light sources to replace traditional electrical I/O. This silicon photonics-based I/O solution enables chips to communicate with each other from millimeters to kilometers, to deliver orders of magnitude improvements in latency, bandwidth density, and power consumption.

With our strong collaborations with industry leaders and government, our deep ties to MIT and UC Berkeley, and our commitment to hiring the best engineers in photonics and electronics, joining our team gives you the opportunity to collaborate with renowned experts on challenging, paradigm-shifting work.

We are passionate about delivering in-package optical I/O at scale, leveraging the strength of our patent portfolio and our team of leading interdisciplinary experts. We believe that deep cross-collaboration between teams facilitated by honest, open debate is the best way to drive innovation and achieve big wins. Join our team and experience the possibilities.

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