Dipole Labs develops photonic hardware for computing infrastructure. Our engineering work connects device physics, fabrication, electronics, optical integration and system validation.
Optical-engine and link integration
San Francisco, California | Full-time | On site
Design, build and validate integrated optical engines and links for optical networking and high-bandwidth interconnects. Turn optical requirements into working assemblies with measured performance.
Define end-to-end optical budgets and interfaces, including coupling, loss, crosstalk, polarization, stability and signal quality.
Design optical layouts and tolerance budgets. Evaluate sources, detectors, fiber interfaces and optical components against operating requirements.
Build, align and debug optical assemblies. Reconcile measured performance with models across relevant temperature and wavelength conditions.
Integrate optical hardware with electronics, packaging and control systems. Support link-margin, eye-diagram and bit-error-rate measurements with electrical and test engineers.
Use characterization and failure analysis to improve designs. Maintain clear alignment, calibration and integration procedures that other engineers can reproduce.
Hands-on delivery of free-space or integrated optical systems, with direct experience in fiber coupling, alignment and physical debugging.
Ability to close numerical loss, coupling and tolerance budgets through measurements.
Knowledge of polarization, wavelength dependence, source/detector interfaces and optical communications.
Experience integrating optics with electronics and mechanical packaging, and explaining discrepancies between predicted and observed performance.
An integrated optical assembly whose measured performance agrees with documented budgets, with repeatable alignment and calibration and a clear path from test findings to design improvements.
Own optical design, integration and optical-performance budgets. Collaborate with device engineers, electrical engineers, optomechanical engineers and the test team; align link performance with network and product requirements.
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