Laser Architect

The role

The Laser Architect will shape the architectural vision and multi-year direction for OLIX's lasers. You will work with cross-functional stakeholders to make architectural trade-offs across epitaxy, device architecture, packaging, and reliability.

What you will do

• Shape the architectural vision and multi-year direction for OLIX's lasers
• Bring deep III-V device expertise into design decisions
• Help the team build clarity and a durable direction for ambiguous problems
• Partner with cross-functional stakeholders to align on a long-term laser roadmap
• Inform high-impact architectural trade-offs across epitaxy, device architecture, packaging, and reliability
• Raise the bar for design, simulation, characterisation, and reliability practice
• Bring cutting-edge research, competitive intelligence, and market shifts into the team's thinking
• Mentor and grow Staff and Senior engineers
• Connect laser technical decisions to broader business objectives
• Represent OLIX externally to build industry relationships

Required qualifications

• 15+ years in semiconductor laser development
• Deep, demonstrated expertise in III-V devices
• PhD Degree in Physics, Optics, Electrical Engineering, Materials Science, or a related discipline
• Experience shaping architecture and long-term technical direction for a laser or photonics domain
• Deep command of III-V materials, epitaxy (MBE/MOCVD), device physics, high-speed modulation, and reliability
• Ability to bring diverse cross-functional stakeholders together around a long-term technical vision
• Track record of helping teams develop shared design principles, standards, and roadmaps
• External engagement in the field through publications, patents, standards bodies, or industry involvement
• Experience mentoring engineers at all levels
• Exceptional communicator

Nice to have

• Experience with co-packaged or co-designed optics at rack scale
• Track record founding or scaling a laser or photonics device line
• Deep knowledge of datacom reliability standards
• Experience co-designing lasers with custom driver ASICs
• Visible industry leadership through talks, committees, or standards work

Benefits

• Competitive Salary
• Meaningful stock options
• Annual Living-Local Bonus if your residence is within 20 minutes of the office
• Employer-contributed retirement plans

Before you apply

• Candidates eligibility to work at OLIX depends on most recent citizenship or permanent residency status
• Generally unable to consider applicants whose most recent citizenship or permanent residence is in certain restricted countries (currently including Iran, North Korea, Syria, Cuba, Russia, Belarus, Ch

About the company

OLIX is building the OLIX Decode Accelerator 1 (DX-1) to address the infrastructure gap in AI. The company uses rack-scale co-design of logic, data movement, packaging, optics and interconnect to enable system level performance.