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Agent guide: [/agents.md](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/agents.md). --- # Silicon Photonic Engineer - **Company:** Lumilens Inc. - **Location:** San Jose, United States - **Experience:** Expert - **Contract:** Permanent contract - **Skills:** Data Centers, Firmware, Python (Programming Language), Link Analysis, Software Testing Automation Framework, Systems Integration, Strategies of Testing, Visual Systems, Scripting - **Published:** September 4, 2026 - **Apply:** https://startup.jobs/silicon-photonic-engineer-lumilens-9805363 ## About the Role * A seasoned technical engineer with hands-on expertise in silicon photonics and packaged optics, with a strong track record of bringing complex products from concept to production. * A natural collaborator who thrives in a multi-disciplinary, geographically diverse team environment. * A strategic product thinker who can synthesize customer requirements, technical constraints, and business priorities into clear decisions and execution plans. * A leader who is just as comfortable presenting a technical roadmap to executives as you are setting up an experiment in the lab., * Proven experience in a technical leadership role developing and delivering photonics-based products. * Deep expertise in silicon photonics design, performance characteristics, and trade-offs. * Direct experience with packaged silicon photonics or optical engine development, including packaging trade-offs, integration constraints, and manufacturing considerations. * Demonstrated ability to perform optical link budget analysis using simulation and modeling. * Experience defining product requirements and driving execution across hardware, firmware, software, validation, and manufacturing teams. * Experience defining test plans (EVT, DVT, SVT) and test methodologies for optical systems. * Ability to work effectively and drive decisions within a fast-paced, startup environment. * Must be hands-on in a lab environment. Preferred Experience: * Experience with test automation frameworks and scripting (e.g., Python). * Direct experience working with hyperscale data center customers or suppliers on packaged optics, co-packaged optics, or optical I/O solutions. * Experience with fiber attach technologies, optical assembly processes, and package-level integration challenges for silicon photonics products. ## Description We are seeking a Silicon Photonic Engineer to join our rapidly growing team. This is a high-impact leadership role for someone who can shape product direction, translate customer needs into clear technical requirements, and drive cross-functional execution from concept through validation. The ideal candidate brings deep experience with packaged silicon photonics, including optical engine integration, assembly flows, and manufacturing considerations for next-generation optical interconnect products. The successful candidate will work closely with customers, contract manufacturers, suppliers, and internal development teams to meet product objectives while instilling a culture of quality, accountability, and continuous improvement., * Help Define Product: Help drive product requirements for next-generation optical interconnects, balancing performance, manufacturability, cost, power, and time-to-market. * Be the Customer and Product Voice: Serve as the primary technical interface with customers, foundry partners, and suppliers, ensuring product decisions are grounded in real-world use cases, market needs, and execution realities. * Drive Cross-Functional Alignment: Create and own clear product requirements, aligning internal engineering teams, external partners, and key stakeholders around priorities, trade-offs, milestones, and deliverables for packaged optics solutions. * Analyze and Optimize: Perform critical link analysis, using simulation and modeling to assess impairments like noise and distortion, ensuring our products deliver robust performance in real-world systems. * Translate System Goals into Execution: Convert top-level product objectives into actionable requirements for silicon photonics, electronics, firmware, software, validation, and manufacturing partners. * Lead Packaged Optics Execution: Guide the development of packaged silicon photonics solutions, including co-packaged optics and optical I/O approaches, with attention to assembly tolerances, fiber attach, thermal constraints, test strategy, reliability, and scale-up readiness. * Validate: Define the complete testing strategy, from engineering verification and product validation to system integration. 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