Aeva
Senior Photonics Module Engineer
- Compensation
- $154.9K–$209.6K / yr
- Location
- Mountain View, CA, US
- Arrangement
- On-site
- Level
- Senior
- Posted
- 4 November 2026 (11 days ago)
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About this role
What you'll be doing: • Work closely with a cross functional team to drive performance demonstrations and provide technical guidance for full module prototype designs
• Manage core technical details of early photonics prototypes to ensure key results from concept phase translate through to full system demonstration
• Develop a validation platform for silicon photonics based optical modules to demonstrate performance meeting product requirements
• Work with CMs to set up test requirements to ensure assembled modules meet product specifications
• Develop and maintain link budgets and system performance models
• Perform FA and debugging for early prototypes
What you have: • 2+ years of post-PhD hands-on experience with fiber-coupled photonic systems, components, subassemblies, and/or modules
• Excellent understanding of lasers, electrical components, and thermal/mechanical interfaces
• Experience with laser characterization (e.g. LIV, SMSR, RIN, LW) and benchtop characterization equipment
• Familiarity with system level modeling of optical links
• PhD in electrical engineering, physics, or other photonics related field
• Strong organizational and interpersonal skills with an ability to learn on the fly
• Experience using python, MATLAB, JMP, R, or similar for modelling and data analysis
Work location
- Mountain View, CA, US
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Published 4 November 2026, last checked 2 days ago. A posting stops being advertised here 90 days after the employer published it, and one the employer takes down is marked closed rather than quietly removed.