Nvidia Senior Photonics Assembly Engineer 

United States, California 

396661135

What you’ll be doing:

• Lead Photonics assembly tool & process development for NVIDIA’s next generation Silicon Photonics products and platforms.

• Responsible for building & deploying high volume fiber assembly tool and qualifying photonics assembly pilot line for scale up of Nvidia’s silicon photonics products.

• Responsible for defining tool architecture, tool features and functions, develop scalable processes for fiber alignment on large package body platforms, define assembly flow and own assembly quality and reliability.

• Work closely with assembly tool vendors to build, install, deploy and qualify Photonics Assembly equipment across high volume manufacturing sites.

• Partner with internal design, fabrication and packaging multi-functional teams to develop new assembly requirements, assembly flows, help with design of different test structures, share data, and spearhead new assembly processes.

• Drive photonics assembly partners to build assembly pilot line and train partner engineers and technicians on assembly tools and processes.

• Drive continuous improvement in assembly cycle time and assembly quality/reliability.

What we need to see:

• Degree in Optics, Electrical Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, Materials Science, Physics or related fields with equivalent experience.

• 8+ years optical assembly, test or packaging experience.

• Strong background & experience in Silicon Photonics design, fabrication, test, packaging and assembly.

• Hands-on experience in Photonics assembly development, especially optical fiber alignment at chip or package-scale, building and qualifying Photonics assembly equipment and analyzing assembly data

• Strong statistical analysis skills – ability to use data visualization techniques to deliver assembly data analysis and optimizing manufacturing techniques

• Understanding of quality control, statistical process control and DOE techniques

• Excellent written and oral communication skills

Ways to stand out from the crowd:

• Experience in Silicon Photonics device design or fabrication, including familiarity with photonics test structure design

• Solid understanding of AutoCad, Zemax or other opto-mechanical software tools