Opto Electronic Test & Development Software Engineer, Avicena Tech
Office located in Sunnyvale, CA
High bandwidth semiconductor interconnects
Open for applications
High bandwidth semiconductor interconnects
21-100 employees
Open for applications
Office located in Sunnyvale, CA
21-100 employees
Company mission
To unleash the power of next-generation computer architectures.
Role
Who you are
- Bachelor’s degree in Electrical Engineering, Computer Engineering, Computer Science, Mechatronics, or a related technical field
- 0-2 years of experience in development of Python applications
- Proficiency in Python programming including the development of multithreaded applications
- Excellent command of common data structures and algorithms used in data processing
- Solid understanding of basic electronics concepts, circuit design, and signal analysis
- Experience building GUIs using PyQt6, Tkinter, Kivy, or similar frameworks
- Strong familiarity with hardware interfaces and protocols such as SPI, I2C, USB, RS-232, GPIB, and TCP/IP
- Experience with Git for version control (e.g., branching, merging, and pull requests)
- Ability to create development plans and schedules to manage project milestones
Desirable
- Experience with additional programming languages such as C or C++
- Experience with firmware development for embedded systems such as STM32 and other MCU’s
- Experience with optical component testing
- Experience in developing software supporting R&D and manufacturing data management
- Experience developing drivers for interfacing with test equipment
- Knowledge of statistical analysis and data visualization tools (e.g., JMP, Tableau)
- Experience interfacing with databases such as MongoDB, SQL
- Familiarity with Linux-based operating systems and command-line tools
What the job involves
- Develop automation software and scripts in Python for hardware validation, data collection, and analysis
- Contribute to software testing, debugging, and deployment processes to ensure high-quality solutions
- Validate and troubleshoot hardware components such as printed circuit boards (PCBs), microcontrollers, and related systems
- Use standard electronic tools like multimeters, oscilloscopes, and power supplies for testing and debugging
- Collaborate with hardware engineers to identify and resolve hardware issues effectively
Our take
Copper has been the industry standard for chip-to-chip interconnects since it was introduced by IBM back in 1997. Now, however, the computational demands of more complex systems like AI, machine learning, and cloud systems are too high: copper interconnects are creating bottlenecks thanks to sub-optimal latency and power consumption. Avicena Tech has developed a new system - and it could be a game changer.
The company’s ‘LightBundle’ solution uses micro-LEDs to create ultra-dense, low-latency, low-cost, and low-power optical interconnects, thereby facilitating the kind of high-performance architecture that’s in increasingly high demand as digital infrastructure becomes more complex.
It’s a solution that’s attracted healthy funding from major players including Samsung Catalyst Fund and Cerberus Capital Management. This suggests substantial faith in Avicena’s ambition that its technology could help unlock the future of distributed high-performance computing and disaggregated architecture. Although a relatively modest outfit for now, Avicena’s advances could prove highly influential over the coming years.
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Insights
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Company
Funding (2 rounds)
Aug 2022
$25m
SERIES A
Nov 2019
$6.5m
EARLY VC
Total funding: $31.5m
Company benefits
- Stock Options
- Medical, Dental, Vision & Disability
- 401(k)
- Free Food
- And More!
Company HQ
Alviso, San Jose, CA
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Leadership
Bardia Pezeshki
(Founder & CEO)After their PhD in Electrical Engineering at Stanford, they held various Managerial roles at IBM's T.J. Watson Research Center and then SDL Inc. Subsequently served as CTO at Santur Corporation, and then CEO at Kaiam Corporation.
Rob Kalman
(CTO)Worked on photonic interconnects and optical subsystems at Optivision and ONI Systems, and has subsequently held various VP roles at Luminous Networks and Thryva (which he co-founded).
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