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Mountain View, CA1 day ago

Full-time
Employee

The Manufacturing engineer partners with Synopsys supplier/Electronics Manufacturing Services (EMS) (Contract Manufacturer’s) to define, qualify and document as appropriate: Assembly processes, assembly tools and aids, while driving cost and quality improvements. Lead manufacturing process development for high-complexity PCBA, including high-layer-count boards, fine-pitch BGAs, high-speed signal designs, and power electronics.

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Mountain View, CA2 days ago

Full-time
Employee

This role requires deep technical knowledge in PCBA assembly processes, FATP (Final Assembly, Test & Packout), manufacturing automation, and cross-functional collaboration with R&D, Quality, Test Engineering, and global EMS partners. We are seeking an experienced Manufacturing Engineer with strong expertise in PCBA manufacturing, electromechanical assembly, and New Product Introduction (NPI) to support advanced hardware manufacturing initiatives at Synopsys.

Milpitas, CA9 days ago

$63.74–$78.74 Per Hour
Temporary
Contractor
Full-time

Ranked a Top Staffing Firm in the U.S. by Staffing Industry Analysts for six consecutive years, Genesis10 puts thousands of consultants and employees to work across the United States every year in contract, contract-for-hire, and permanent placement roles. With more than 300 active clients, Genesis10 provides access to many of the Fortune 100 firms and a variety of mid-market organizations across the full spectrum of industry verticals.

Fremont, CA30+ days ago

Full-time

Continuous innovation in passive component function integration, miniaturization, and manufacturing automation, cutting edge WSS and amplification technology and comprehensive optical, mechanical, electrical and software design capabilities enable us to serve the needs of high-density, high-bandwidth, and flexible optical networks of telecom, datacom, hyperscale datacenter and supercomputing. Our Fremont team is seeking a highly motivated Optical Engineer to join our team in developing Liquid Crystal on Silicon (LCOS) phase modulators for optical telecommunications and display applications.

Fremont, CA30+ days ago

Full-time

Continuous innovation in passive component function integration, miniaturization, and manufacturing automation, cutting edge WSS and amplify technology and comprehensive optical, mechanical, electrical and software integration capabilities enable us to serve the needs of high-density, high-bandwidth, and flexible optical networks. Will consider: Bachelor's Degree in Optical, Photonics, Electrical Engineering or Physics and at least 5 years of optical design experience or PhD in Optical, Photonics, EE or Physics with previous internship experience .

Fremont, CA24 days ago

Full-time

Continuous innovation in passive component function integration, miniaturization, and manufacturing automation, cutting edge WSS and amplifier technology and comprehensive optical, mechanical, electrical and software integration capabilities enable us to serve the needs of high-density, high-bandwidth, and flexible optical networks. Our Optical Solutions team is seekin g a skilled and motivated Sr Product Engineer to join our team and contribute to the design, development, and lifecycle management of optical transceivers.

Fremont, CA25 days ago

Full-time

The (Senior) Photonics Layout Engineer will provide design support for existing and advanced photonic technology and collaborate with global, cross-functional teams and supplier partners to develop next-generation photonic solutions. The Senior Photonics Layout Engineer will provide design support for existing and advanced photonic technology and collaborate with global, cross-functional teams and supplier partners to develop next-generation photonic solutions.

Fremont, CA26 days ago

Full-time

Molex possesses a rich heritage in the optical industry, delivering high-performance, field-proven optical solutions spanning components, modules, and fully integrated line cards. The position requires close collaboration with R&D and product design teams, manufacturing, suppliers, and customers to ensure laser components meet stringent optical, mechanical, and Telcordia reliability requirements.

Fremont, CA30+ days ago

Full-time

Our advanced optical, mechanical, electrical, and software design capabilities support the evolving needs of high-density, high-bandwidth, and flexible optical networks across telecom, datacom, hyperscale datacenters, artificial intelligence, and supercomputing. The position requires close collaboration with R&D and product design teams, manufacturing, suppliers, and customers to ensure laser components meet stringent optical, mechanical, and Telcordia reliability requirements.

Fremont, CA30+ days ago

Full-time

Our advanced optical, mechanical, electrical, and software design capabilities support the evolving needs of high-density, high-bandwidth, and flexible optical networks across telecom, datacom, hyperscale datacenters, artificial intelligence, and supercomputing. The Photonics Characterization Engineer will build physics-based and data-driven models to explain kink behavior, noise, wavelength locking, thermal effects, and coupling sensitivity to supports design improvements and risk reduction.

Fremont, CA30+ days ago

Full-time

Our advanced optical, mechanical, electrical, and software design capabilities support the evolving needs of high-density, high-bandwidth, and flexible optical networks across telecom, datacom, hyperscale datacenters, artificial intelligence, and supercomputing. Develop and maintain test methods for LIV, wavelength/spectrum, kink detection, RIN PSD, far-field divergence, and back-reflection sensitivity across temperature for III-V edge-emitter lasers (EEL), as well as in fiber-coupled packages.

Fremont, CA30+ days ago

Full-time

Molex possesses a rich heritage in the optical industry, delivering high-performance, field-proven optical solutions spanning components, modules, and fully integrated line cards. The position requires close collaboration with R&D and product design teams, manufacturing, suppliers, and customers to ensure product components meet stringent optical, mechanical, and Telcordia reliability requirements.

Fremont, CA28 days ago

Full-time

Our advanced optical, mechanical, electrical, and software design capabilities support the evolving needs of high-density, high-bandwidth, and flexible optical networks across telecom, datacom, hyperscale datacenters, artificial intelligence, and supercomputing. You will apply mechanical design experience and knowledge working in a highly capable team of optical, mechanical, electrical and process engineers to develop and deliver our products meeting internal and customer requirements.

Fremont, CA25 days ago

Full-time

Continuous innovation in passive component function integration, miniaturization, and manufacturing automation, cutting edge WSS and amplification technology and comprehensive optical, mechanical, electrical and software design capabilities enable us to serve the needs of high-density, high-bandwidth, and flexible optical networks of telecom, datacom, hyperscale datacenter and supercomputing. Possess expert level of knowledge and customer applications of network hardware, software, and configuration in optical communications systems with the latest technological trends.

Fremont, CA25 days ago

Full-time

Fremont, CA29 days ago

Full-time

Our advanced optical, mechanical, electrical, and software design capabilities support the evolving needs of high-density, high-bandwidth, and flexible optical networks across telecom, datacom, hyperscale datacenters, artificial intelligence, and supercomputing. We are seeking a Software Development Engineer to join our Optical Line Systems (OLS) Product Development team with a primary focus on large-scale system simulation and digital twin platforms.

Fremont, CA25 days ago

Full-time

We provide cutting edge technology with a comprehensive optical, mechanical, electrical and software integration capabilities enable us to serve the needs of high-density, high-bandwidth, and flexible optical networks. We are looking for a Product Integration Engineer to work with our design and manufacturing teams in the production of high volume 400G/800G/1.6T transceiver products.

Fremont, CA30+ days ago

Full-time

Our advanced optical, mechanical, electrical, and software design capabilities support the evolving needs of high-density, high-bandwidth, and flexible optical networks across telecom, datacom, hyperscale datacenters, artificial intelligence, and supercomputing. Collaborate with cross-functional teams, including optical, hardware, mechanical, software, and process engineers, to deliver high-performance, cost-effective, and robust products, ensuring efficient and repeatable manufacturing.

Fremont, CA30+ days ago

Full-time

Molex possesses a rich heritage in the optical industry, delivering high-performance, field-proven optical solutions spanning components, modules, and fully integrated line cards. Define qualification plans (HTOL, burn-in, temperature cycling, damp heat as applicable, mechanical stress) aligned to telecom expectations and customer specifications .

Fremont, CA30+ days ago

Full-time

Developing system/sub-system models, conducting composite system simulations for various fiber-optic communication networks, and carrying out internal development projects for best use of Molex cutting edge optical network components and modules, such as high speed Optical Transceivers, DWDM/WDM Filters, Optical Amplifiers, Raman Amplifiers, Dynamic Gain Equalizer (DGE), Wavelength Selective Switch (WSS), etc. Hands-on experience with optical test equipment for troubleshooting and validation, including OTDR (Optical Time-Domain Reflectometer), OSA (Optical Spectrum Analyzer), BERT (Bit Error Rate Tester), OMA (Optical Modulation Analyzer), Real-Time Scope, DCA (Digital Communication Analyzer), and optical power meters.

Fremont, CA30+ days ago

Full-time

Continuous innovation in passive component function integration, miniaturization, and manufacturing automation, cutting edge WSS and amplification technology and comprehensive optical, mechanical, electrical and software design capabilities enable us to serve the needs of high-density, high-bandwidth, and flexible optical networks of telecom, datacom, hyperscale datacenter and supercomputing. Hands-on experience with optical test equipment for troubleshooting and validation, including OTDR (Optical Time-Domain Reflectometer), OSA (Optical Spectrum Analyzer), BERT (Bit Error Rate Tester), and optical power meters.

Burlingame, CA30+ days ago

3+ years of hands-on experiences of designing, analyzing, validating complex optical systems requiring any combination of the following: imaging, illumination, physical optics, stray light analysis, radiometry, photometry. 5+ years of hands-on experiences of designing, analyzing, validating complex optical systems requiring any combination of the following: imaging, illumination, physical optics, stray light analysis, radiometry, photometry.

Santa Clara, CA30+ days ago

$180,000–$200,000

Provide technical leadership and problem-solving support across multiple optical development efforts, stepping in when deeper analysis or escalation is needed. Partner cross-functionally with Mechanical, Electrical, Systems, and Software Engineering to align optical designs with overall system architecture and performance goals.

San Jose, California8 days ago

$112,000–$242,000 Per Year

MaxLinear’s technologies empower next-generation products across a variety of markets, including high-speed interconnect solutions in hyperscale datacenters, broadband access, connectivity, infrastructure, and industrial systems. We are a fabless system-on-chip product company, striving to improve the world’s communication networks for everyone through our highly integrated radio-frequency (RF), analog, digital, and mixed-signal semiconductor solutions for access and connectivity, wired and wireless infrastructure, and industrial and multi-market applications.

Fremont, CA30+ days ago

Full-time

Collaborate Cross-Functionally: Work closely with other groups, software development, hardware development, program management, operations and quality teams to ensure all expectations and deliverables are met. Build Smart Tools: Lead test method development, including automated test equipment and simulated use protocols for both module and sub-assembly testing.

Fremont, CA30+ days ago

Full-time

Continuous innovation in passive component function integration, miniaturization, and manufacturing automation, cutting edge WSS and amplification technology and comprehensive optical, mechanical, electrical and software design capabilities enable us to serve the needs of high-density, high-bandwidth, and flexible optical networks of telecom, datacom, hyperscale datacenter and supercomputing. As the Design Authority, you will serve as the ultimate technical decision-maker and subject matter expert (SME), driving design coherence across multidisciplinary teams and ensuring that optical, electrical, mechanical, firmware, and test components integrate into a robust, compliant, and competitive product.

Fremont, CA30+ days ago

Full-time

Molex possesses a rich heritage in the optical industry, delivering high-performance, field-proven optical solutions spanning components, modules, and fully integrated line cards. Design corresponding fiber mounts/assembly that includes components (e.g., fiber lens, lenses, PICs, SOA, VBG); Specify requirements for optical alignment equipment .

Fremont, CA30 days ago

Full-time

Continuous innovation in passive component function integration, miniaturization, and manufacturing automation, cutting edge WSS and amplification technology and comprehensive optical, mechanical, electrical and software design capabilities enable us to serve the needs of high-density, high-bandwidth, and flexible optical networks of telecom, datacom, hyperscale datacenter and supercomputing. This role combines a high degree of technical leadership, people management, and cross-functional collaboration to deliver cutting-edge solutions for hyperscale data centers and next-generation optical networking systems.

Pleasanton, CA23 days ago

$85,000–$110,000

Build precision opto-electrical assembly: Collaborate with Manufacturing and Product Engineers to assemble and test ultra-precise devices, integrating optical sub-assemblies, electrical components, wire harnesses, and full product chassis while adhering to work instructions. Execute specialized processes: Perform active optical alignment, epoxy application (UV/oven curing), fiber splicing/routing, and soldering/desoldering to achieve micron-scale tolerances.

LIVERMORE, CA12 days ago

$39.51–$45

Successful candidates will be employees of NWS, a premier government contractor charged with employing highly motivated and well-qualified personnel who can advance the missions of the Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory in Livermore, CA. North Wind Services is actively seeking individuals who can contribute to national security within the science, technology, and engineering fields as part of our supplemental labor team at vital federal research and development installations supporting the Department of Energy.

San Jose, CA30+ days ago

Work with the handler and tester teams to specify optical signal path components and ensure Optical Signal Integrity of the system. Ability to set up and operate optical test equipment, characterize system performance/losses, and create reports.

Pleasanton, CA23 days ago

$110,000–$135,000

This is a highly cross-functional, hands-on role where you will work closely with physicists, optical engineers, and hardware teams to help turn cutting-edge lab systems into robust, manufacturable products. Our team of engineers, scientists, software developers, and operations professionals works together to solve complex challenges and turn bold ideas into real-world solutions.

Oakland, CA30+ days ago

Responsibilities: Set up and run complex experiments to characterize optical link performance, including laser lock status, sway/vibration compensation, and atmospheric interference. Collaborate with Embedded and Mechanical teams to troubleshoot hardware using oscilloscopes, protocol analyzers, and optical power meters.

Santa Clara, CA22 days ago

Develop and execute detailed hardware test procedures from subsystem acceptance tests to system-level validation ensuring performance meets design and reliability requirements. Responsibilities:Perform hands-on testing, troubleshooting, and root-cause analysis across predominantly Mechanical, but also Electrical and Controls domains.

Fremont, CA26 days ago

Full-time

A successful candidate will be able to independently characterize PICs using common laboratory equipment such as fibers, lasers, detectors, DC probes, and source-meter units and be able to effectively communicate key results and issues to stakeholders. Job Summary: We are seeking a highly skilled Senior Testing Engineer with extensive hands-on laboratory experience to lead the testing and performance characterization of our in-house developed silicon photonic integrated circuits (PICs).

sunnyvale, CA30+ days ago

We bring together amazing UX designers, sophisticated developers, digital strategists, and top-notch engineers to help companies create fresh experiences that connect humans, systems, and machines. Lead exploration, prototyping, maturing and implementation of new technologies into functional medium volume prototypes to validate technical and product level functionality, use cases and tech maturity.

San Francisco, CA30+ days ago

Collaborate with external foundries to develop manufacturable designs using process design kits (PDKs) and ensure successful tape-out of silicon photonic components. Design, model, and optimize silicon photonic devices, including grating couplers, waveguides, SOAs, and photodetectors, for high-speed AI computing applications.

Pleasanton, CA23 days ago

$150,000–$180,000

Define and implement controlled impedance structures (microstrip, stripline, and differential pairs), signal integrity strategies, power distribution networks, grounding schemes, and EMI/EMC-aware layout practices. 5+ years of professional electrical design experience developing complex mixed-signal PCBA designs using professional ECAD tools; experience with Altium Designer is strongly preferred.

Richmond, CA30+ days ago

Full-time

For over 50 years, Zygo Corporation in Middlefield, CT, has been a global leader in designing and manufacturing advanced optical metrology systems, ultra-precise optical components, and complex electro-optical systems and assemblies. As a Senior Quality Engineer, you will serve as the site Quality Lead, with broad responsibility across manufacturing quality, process risk management, new product introductions, supplier quality, and customer issue resolution.

San Francisco Bay Area, CA30+ days ago

Full-time

We are looking for a technically savvy and customer-focused Sales Engineer to drive the adoption of our Analog Mixed-Signal and Photonics semiconductor solutions within the Cloud Data Center ecosystem. Present and promote Analog Mixed-Signal and Photonic IC solutions for applications such as high-speed interconnects, optical transceivers, clocking, power management, and signal integrity.

Fremont, CA30+ days ago

Full-time

Principal, Field Applications Engineer position to provide pre-sales and post-sales technical support to major customers in the San Francisco Bay Area, primarily for networking products (optical transceivers and active optical cables). - Provide application, test, and quality support for key customers in the SF Bay Area for Coherent's optical communications products, primarily optical transceivers/transponders/active optical cables for fiber optic networking.

Pleasanton, CA26 days ago

$175,000–$215,000

Define and implement controlled impedance structures (microstrip, stripline, and differential pairs), signal integrity strategies, power distribution networks, grounding schemes, and EMI/EMC-aware layout practices. 8+ years of professional electrical design experience developing complex mixed-signal PCBA designs using professional ECAD tools; experience with Altium Designer is strongly preferred.

Fremont, CA25 days ago

Full-time

Reporting to the Manager of Si Photonics (SiPho) Component Design, you will be a key member of the team and will contribute to various aspects of PIC development including design and optimization of passive and active SiPho components, EVT/DVT of optical devices and circuits, and collaboration with the layout, test, reliability, signal integrity, and integration teams. The Senior Si Photonics Design Engineer will provide design support for existing and advanced photonic technology and collaborate with global, cross-functional teams and supplier partners to develop next-generation photonic solutions.

Fremont, CA30+ days ago

Full-time

We are a vertically integrated manufacturing company that develops innovative products for diversified applications in the industrial, optical communications, military, life sciences, semiconductor equipment, and consumer markets. Coherent's broad portfolio of InP components includes application-specific Fabry-Pérot lasers, directly modulated lasers (DMLs), and tunable lasers.

Fremont, CA30+ days ago

Full-time

We are a vertically integrated manufacturing company that develops innovative products for diversified applications in the industrial, optical communications, military, life sciences, semiconductor equipment, and consumer markets. This design provides our customers with the most advanced, robust, and cost-competitive laser devices for their 800G and next-gen 1.6T datacom transceiver designs.

Palo Alto, CA30+ days ago

$180,000–$440,000 Per Year

You will focus on the physical layer and system-level integration of copper (ACC, AEC, CPC) and optical (FRO, LRO/TRO, LPO, AOC, CPO) interconnects that directly determine the performance, power efficiency, scale, and cost of next-generation AI/ML clusters. This is a highly technical, hands-on role bridging ML cluster requirements with cutting-edge interconnect hardware — ideal for engineers who love both large-scale AI systems and the physics/engineering of 200G+ SerDes, PAM4, photonics, signal integrity and diagnostics.

Santa Clara, CA30+ days ago

$110,000–$151,000

Halo’s laser-based technology eliminates this waste, delivering improvements in both material cost and performance, while enabling manufacturing advancements in a diverse set of high-growth applications markets, including the automotive, grid infrastructure, telecommunications, and power electronics sectors. The ideal candidate is a recent PhD or an BS / MS with 1-5 years of industrial work experience in Physics, Applied Physics, Laser Optics, Mechanical Engineering, or Material Science focusing on the development and optimization of laser based / assisted processes in material processing or micromachining.

Fremont, CA25 days ago

Full-time

The Principal Reliability Engineering role is pivotal in this process, focusing on design for reliability, qualification testing, and ensuring the long-term reliability of leading-edge optoelectronic and silicon photonic components in a highly complex, dynamic R&D setting. The Principal Reliability Engineering role is pivotal in this process, focusing on lifetime modelling, qualification testing, and ensuring the long-term reliability of leading-edge optoelectronic and silicon photonic components in a highly complex, dynamic R&D setting.

Emeryville, CA30+ days ago

$140,000–$230,000 Per Year

Furthermore, this digital platform is fully programmable in the way 3D printing is digital—but whereas 3D printing produces parts of a single material using a single process, the Matter Compiler technology platform is a multi-process, multi-material system: bits and raw materials go in, and complete, functional micromachines come out. While experience in traditional MEMS is valuable, our Design Engineers rapidly grow beyond those frameworks, collaborating closely with design peers, process engineers, and technicians to co-evolve device and platform capabilities.

Pleasanton, CA30+ days ago

Full-time

As a close-knit organization, we offer a collaborative environment where employees gain exposure to multiple aspects of the business, enjoy significant responsibility, and have opportunities for continuous learning and growth. Education (preferred but not required):Bachelor’s degree in Mechanical, Chemical, or Electrical Engineering, Materials Science, Physics, Optical Science, or Laser Technology.

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Optical Engineer Jobs in Oakland, CA

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R&D Engineer_Mountain View, CA (Hybrid)Agile Global Solutions, Inc.

R&D EngineerAgile Global Solutions, Inc.

Electrical Engineer - OnsiteGenesis10

Optical Engineer - LCOS (Liquid Crystal on Silicon)Molex

Optical Engineer - Optical SolutionsMolex

Sr Product Engineer - Optical TransceiversMolex

Senior Photonics Layout Engineer - Optical SolutionsMolex

Laser Component Engineer - Optical Solutions R&DMolex

Laser Principal Packaging Engineer - Optical Solutions R&DMolex

Photonics Characterization Engineer - Optical SolutionsMolex

Laser Test Engineer - Optical SolutionsMolex

Sr Process Engineer - Optical Solutions R&D (Sealing)Molex

Mechanical Engineer - Optical SolutionsMolex

Field Application Engineer - Optical SolutionsMolex

Senior Mechanical Engineer - Optical Solutions R&DMolex

Software Development Engineer – System Simulation & Digital Twin Platforms, Optical SolutionsMolex

Product Integration Engineer - Optical SolutionsMolex

Hardware Design Engineer - Optical SolutionsMolex

Senior Reliability Engineer - Optical SolutionsMolex

Optical Systems Engineer - Optical TransmissionMolex

Optical System Test EngineerMolex

Optical Systems EngineerMeta

Optical Engineering ManagerHalo Industries, Inc.

RF/MS IC Design Engineer, Optical Networking & SERDESMaxLinear, Inc.

Test Engineering Manager - Optical SolutionsMolex

Design Authority - Optical TransceiversMolex

Senior Optical Alignment - Optical Solutions R&DMolex

Hardware Engineering Manager - Optical SolutionsMolex

Senior Optical Technician - ManufacturingVector Atomic

Engineering Technician V – Optical Mechanical (NWS 00899)North Wind Group

Sr Photonics Integration EngineerSoloPoint Solutions, Inc.

Manufacturing EngineerVector Atomic

Test Engineer/Technician - Networking and Photonics/OpticsSoloPoint Solutions, Inc.

Systems Integration/Mechanical EngineerSoloPoint Solutions, Inc.

Lead Test EngineerCoherent Corp.

Senior Mechanical EngineerFresh Consulting

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Staff Engineer - ElectricalVector Atomic

Sr. Quality EngineerAMETEK, Inc

Sales Engineer – Analog Mixed-Signal & Photonics SemiconductorsDAS Technology Group

Sr. Principal, Field Applications Engineer - SF Bay AreaCoherent Corp.

Senior Staff Engineer - ElectricalVector Atomic

Senior Si Photonics Design EngineerMolex

Senior Industrial EngineerCoherent Corp.

Lead Design EngineerCoherent Corp.

Network Engineer - ML Infrastructure (High-Speed Interconnects)xAI

Laser Process / Applications EngineerHalo Industries, Inc.

Principal Reliability EngineerCoherent Corp.

Device Design EngineerAtomic Machines

Manufacturing / Production EngineerLTD Global

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