System Development Engineer

Job Description:
System Development for optical sensors
Embedded Software and System Development for opto-electronic components and sensors, senior level.

More specific duties include the following:

• Product design starting at sensor physics and integrating optical / mechanical design with application firmware
• Firmware and Software development for sensor applications, with focus on (but not limited to) optical Time-of-Flight / Lidar systems, spectrometers and new detector technologies for industrial optical sensing and communication systems
• Software and System testing including test automatization
• Defining System and Software specifications based on customer requirements
• Project management, workpackage definition, timeplanning and regular status reporting
• Contribution to Definition of measurement infrastructure and support of application testing as well as electrical / optical characterization
• Contribution to concept development of new ASICs for optical sensors
• Contribution to System engineering and concept development including modeling of sensor physics and suitable signal processing algorithms
• Contribution to the definition of production processes together with suppliers, with the Broadcom manufacturing team and our worldwide contract manufacturing partners
• Issue product documentation, specification and application notes

Desired proficiency in the following skills:

• Strong technical background in optical semiconductor design, sensor physics, processing and production
• High interest in Sensor System Design including Software algorithm definition and implementation/test, potential to define new architectures
• Experience with embedded systems and software testing
• Knowledge of application development and graphical user interfaces in the field of lab testing, using script languages (e.g. Phyton) and/or C++, C#
• Laboratory experience in prototyping and electrical/optical measurement
• Know how in the field of optical measurement and test setup integration
• Broad interest in interdisciplinary work interfacing to electronics, optics, mechanical structures, and communication systems
• Self-contained, accurate working style and ability to integrate into teams across different functions and locations

General Requirements:

• English communication skills, both verbal and written. Prepared to learn German and acquire German communication skills.

R