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Advantest · 20 hours ago

Silicon Photonics Application Engineer – Experienced

San Jose, CA

Full-time

Hybrid

Mid Level

Advantest America, Inc. is the North American subsidiary of Advantest Corporation, the world's largest provider of automated test equipment to the semiconductor industry. The Silicon Photonics Application Engineer will provide solutions for electrical and optical test challenges, translating customer requirements into technical solutions and working closely with R&D and marketing.

ManufacturingMechanical EngineeringProduct DesignSemiconductor

Responsibilities

Translate customer requirements into technical solutions; work with Advantest R&D and marketing to identify possible gaps in the roadmap and scope out potential solutions

Work with customers to transition electro-optical bench solutions into mass production

Ability to understand load board schematics; having knowledge of dual sided probe solutions is a plus

Knowledge in test sockets and probe cards / probe technologies

Test code development in programming languages like JAVA and scripting languages like Python

Accountable for the design, scoping, and technical validity of the solution to achieve the customer's business objectives

Close cooperation with other applications engineers in our European and Asian subsidiaries

Qualification

ATE platform experienceElectrical/optical backgroundTest code developmentStatistical data analysisOptical devices experienceJAVAPythonCommunication skills

Required

BS degree in electrical, optical engineering or physics

Product and test engineering experience on an ATE platform or a bench environment

Statistical data analysis experience on tools like JMP, Galaxy, excel or others

JAVA and Python experience

Experience with optical devices

Preferred

MS degree or higher

Knowledge and experience on test program development for Silicon Photonics products

Experience with handlers and probers; probe card development

Experience with lasers, optical analyzers, power meters, polarizers and circulators

Company

Advantest

Advantest manufactures and sells semiconductor and component test system products and mechatronics-related products.

Founded in 1954

Tokyo, Tokyo, JPN

1001-5000 employees

http://www.advantest.com/

Funding

Current Stage

Public Company

Total Funding

unknown

2001-09-28IPO

Leadership Team

Atsushi Fujita

Chief Financial Officer

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