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Intern, Engineer - Silicon Photonics R&D
Location: San Jose, CA (onsite)
Org: Front-end Engineering, TeraPHY Photonics
Summary of position:
Ayar Labs, the global leader in optical I/O chiplets, is harnessing silicon photonics to revolutionize the scaling of AI compute hardware.
As an Intern in Silicon Photonics R&D, you will push the envelope of bandwidth density, energy efficiency, and manufacturability of our silicon photonics optical I/O platform, removing the bottlenecks limiting next-generation AI and advanced compute architectures. You will work in a fast-paced, dynamic startup culture, dedicated to the principle that we will succeed and grow by constantly reinventing ourselves.
Projects will be chosen to match your experience and interests, and you will be mentored by a senior engineer as you work alongside world-class engineers and scientists in electronics and photonics to help drive the optical I/O revolution.
Essential Functions:
Location: San Jose, CA (onsite)
Org: Front-end Engineering, TeraPHY Photonics
Summary of position:
Ayar Labs, the global leader in optical I/O chiplets, is harnessing silicon photonics to revolutionize the scaling of AI compute hardware.
As an Intern in Silicon Photonics R&D, you will push the envelope of bandwidth density, energy efficiency, and manufacturability of our silicon photonics optical I/O platform, removing the bottlenecks limiting next-generation AI and advanced compute architectures. You will work in a fast-paced, dynamic startup culture, dedicated to the principle that we will succeed and grow by constantly reinventing ourselves.
Projects will be chosen to match your experience and interests, and you will be mentored by a senior engineer as you work alongside world-class engineers and scientists in electronics and photonics to help drive the optical I/O revolution.
Essential Functions:
- Design high-performance integrated photonic components needed for an aggressive optical I/O product roadmap
- Build data infrastructure: extend custom code base for layout, test analysis, and automated checking
- Analyze device test data to drive improvements in performance and product yield
- Demonstration of new photonic features in system-level high-speed link testing
Basic Qualifications:
- Actively pursuing a college degree in Electrical Engineering, Computer Science or recent graduate.
- Proficiency with Python, experience writing well-structured code and developing a code base as part of a team
- Deep understanding of photonic devices: couplers, photodetectors, electro-optic modulators, microring resonators, gratings
- Experience with simulation and design tools for passive and active optical devices (e.g. FDTD, charge transport)
- Experience testing passive and active integrated optical components
Preferred Qualifications:
- Experience with statistical analysis of test data, DOE methods
- Familiarity with optical transceiver principles, transmission formats, and industry trends
- Experience with RF systems and measurements
- Experience with optical link testing, e.g. bit-error rate
- Familiar with packaging of electro-optical fiber-optic modules
- Familiar with databases and automating data pipelines
- Self-starting and able to work well independently and collaboratively
- Great communication skills
Pay Range:
Bachelor's $39.00 - $50.00
Master's $41.00 - $55.00
PhD $53.00 - $65.00
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 please don't 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 across distances spanning 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, UC Berkeley, University of Colorado Boulder, and Boston University, 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 and a supportive culture is the best way to drive innovation and achieve big wins. The Summer Internship Program has been an integral part of the DNA of the company since its founding in 2015, and former interns occupy leading engineering positions both at Ayar Labs today, and at a number of other leading companies in the field. Join our team and our mission!
EEO/AA
Ayar Labs is an Affirmative Action/Equal Opportunity Employer and is strongly committed to all policies which will afford equal opportunity employment to all qualified persons without regard to age, national origin, race, ethnicity, creed, gender, disability, veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by law.
Salary : $39 - $50
