Senior Thermal Mechanical Photonic Designer

Responsibilities

• Work on Thermal and Structural design of Silicon Photonic designs
• Run stress simulation in optical components and fiber alignment and propose improved design of optical components.
• Set up experimental methodology for thermal validation and laser performance under different stress conditions.
• Modeling Si die-package thermo-mechanical interactions
• Solder joint fatigue and creep modeling
• Support the optical engineering and system engineering leads with the opto-mechanical system design.
• Die-package thermo-mechanical interactions in electronic packages for predicting failures during various assembly and reliability tests to recommend design, process or material changes.
• Hygroscopic stresses in electronic packages due to moisture diffusion.
• Crack propagation and interfacial delamination.
• Multifaceted simulation of wire-bonding and wire fusing process
• Thermal characterization of electronic packages (crafting thermal specification datasheets based on FE and experiments according to JEDEC standards)
• Solder joint fatigue and creep modeling
• What we need to see:
• PhD in Electrical Engineering, Physics, or a similar discipline (or equivalent experience) with 5+ years of experience in a related field
• 3+ years of experience in the development of silicon photonics ICs from concept to high-volume manufacturing
• Experience in product development of optics or photonic systems
• Experience in applied research on Silicon Photonic ICs and Systems
• Hands-on experience with Silicon Photonics products
• Proficient in Ansys tools
• Background with design tools and fixtures to aid in alignment, fabrication, gluing, and assembly of lasers, interferometers, and optical components
• Experience working, communicating, and collaborating in a cross-functional team environment
• Experience defining system performance and component specifications
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills
• Self-motivated and self-directed individual, with little supervision vital
• Your base salary will be determined based on your location, experience, and the pay of employees in similar positions. The base salary range is 168,000 USD - 264,500 USD for Level 4, and 196,000 USD - 310,500 USD for Level 5. You will also be eligible for equity and benefits .
• Applications for this job will be accepted at least until June 16, 2026. This posting is for an existing vacancy.
• NVIDIA uses AI tools in its recruiting processes.

Additional Information

We are now looking for a Senior Thermal Mechanical Photonic Designer. We are part of the global circuits team at NVIDIA that craft the state-of-the-art GPUs for all applications such as supercomputers, gaming consoles and self-driving cars. Come join us in our mission to Engineer the next generation of outstanding products. Teams are dedicated to the architecture and design of CMOS and Silicon-Photonics high-speed chip interfaces (NVLink, IEEE, PCIE, USB, OIF) and other sophisticated photonic functions. Strong hands-on lab experience with silicon evaluation, debugging, characterization, and bring up.

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