Principal Applications Engineer (SiPh)

Role overview Provide senior technical leadership for semiconductor measurement applications, with a focus on silicon photonics testing. The role connects customer requirements with product development: defining and validating applications, advising on measurement solutions, and supporting technical teams and strategic customer engagements.

Responsibilities - Serve as a technical authority on on-wafer device measurement and silicon photonics test applications. - Translate customer needs, technology roadmaps, and market developments into product requirements and development priorities. - Define and validate applications for new products, including planning demonstrations and testing solutions through the product lifecycle. - Design and analyze experiments that assess measurement performance and customer use cases. - Work across engineering, product marketing, manufacturing, and sales teams to develop measurement solutions. - Create application guidance and training, and provide customer consultation, troubleshooting, and recommendations.

Requirements - A master’s degree or PhD in physics, optics, electrical engineering, materials science, photonics, or a related field. - Experience in applications engineering, field applications, technical sales, or customer-facing technical support. - Knowledge of wafer probing systems, automated test environments, semiconductor test methods, and advanced characterization. - Silicon photonics experience, including technologies such as waveguides, optical transceivers, photodiodes, VCSELs, beam optics, or integrated photonic circuits. - Familiarity with high-volume semiconductor manufacturing, process technologies, advanced packaging, and product development or commercialization. - The source also specifies a minimum experience threshold that varies by education: five years with a bachelor’s degree, three years with a master’s degree, or a PhD without prior experience.

Nice to have Additional proficiency in German, Korean, or Mandarin is a plus.

Benefits and work setup The source describes day-shift hours and a benefits package that includes health, dental, vision, life, and disability coverage, retirement savings with employer match, stock purchase, paid time off, and quarterly profit-sharing bonuses.