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Company

FormFactor Inc. · 13 hours ago

Sr. Field Applications Engineer (Silicon Photonics)

San Francisco Bay Area

Full-time

Remote

Mid, Senior Level

$111K/yr - $145K/yr

5+ years exp

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Responsibilities

Work interactively with customers to understand the complexities of their application challenges and formulate solutions independently and through collaboration with our engineering teams.

Solid ability to understand and document customer requirements and deliverables, and to translate these into engineering requirements.

Collaborate with our internal engineering, design, and manufacturing teams to resolve production, technical, and operational challenges.

Ability to manage multiple customer engagements simultaneously.

Create content and deliver technical overviews, demos, seminars, and workshops for clients, fellow engineers and/or Sales.

Systematically solves problems and hypothesizes possible client pain points, expectations, and implicit needs.

Identifies the right client stakeholders and builds connections quickly to drive consensus for design wins; works cooperatively with a wide range of internal stakeholders for success. Brainstorms with team members to devise solutions to solve complex client challenges.

Goes out of their way to complete a task and has relentless drive to achieve results; is independent and self-directed and takes initiative.

Qualification

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PhysicsElectrical EngineeringField Applications EngineeringSilicon PhotonicsElectronics Lab EquipmentOpticsTunable Laser SourcePolarization SynthesizersOptical Power MetersSemiconductor TestersTesting TechnologiesMatLabZemaxPythonTechnical SupportAdvantestTeradyne

Required

Bachelor’s degree in Physics, Electrical Engineering, or a related field.

5+ years of direct experience in field applications engineering or technical support, ideally in Silicon Photonics and/or semiconductor test.

Solid background in optics or in Silicon Photonics.

Direct experience with electronics lab equipment and procedures such as Tunable Laser Source, Polarization Synthesizers, Optical Power Meters.

Experience in semiconductor testers such as Advantest or Teradyne is a great plus.

Familiarity with testing technologies from single fibers to arrays, and from vertical coupling to edge coupling, autonomous calibration and re-calibration at multiple temperatures.

Typical Software: MatLab, Zemax.

Python or the ability to develop basic scripts would be beneficial.

Travel: US and international up to 30%.

Benefits

Medical

Dental

Vision

EAP

Short-term and long-term disability

Life insurance

Flexible spending and savings accounts

401(k)

ESPP

Paid time off

Company

FormFactor Inc.

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FormFactor is a leading provider of essential test and measurement technologies along the full IC life cycle – from characterization, modeling, reliability, and design debug, to qualification and production test.

Founded in 1995

Livermore, California, USA

1001-5000 employees

http://www.formfactor.com

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