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Photonic Engineer, Platforms Infrastructure

Google · Digital Media · Marketing Analytics & Attribution · Bachelor's Degree · 3 days ago

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Salary

≈ $69k – $169k per year (Estimated)

Location

In office (Sunnyvale)

Seniority

Junior · 2+ years exp

Confirmed on the employer's own hiring board on Oct 28, 2026. First seen by Alion on Oct 1, 2026. Google scores B on the Alion truth index.

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Google is an American technology company founded in 1998 by Larry Page and Sergey Brin and now the principal subsidiary of Alphabet, headquartered in Mountain View, California. It operates the world's dominant search engine and the advertising system built around it, along with YouTube, Android, Chrome, Gmail, Maps, Workspace and Google Cloud, reaching billions of users across nearly every internet-connected market. The company designs its own silicon in the Tensor Processing Unit line, develops the Gemini foundation models through Google DeepMind, and derives most of its revenue from advertising while cloud has become its fastest growing segment.

google.com · HQ: Mountain View, United States · Digital Storage · Internet Services · Digital Media · Marketing Analytics & Attribution · Streaming & OTT Platforms · Consumer Internet Groups · Foundation Models · Operating Systems · Cloud Platforms (IaaS & PaaS) · Video & Photo Sharing · Advertising · Search Engines · 11-50 employees · Est. 1998

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Backed by Y Combinator, Lightspeed Venture Partners, Seedcamp

About the job

Be part of a team that pushes boundaries, developing custom silicon solutions that power the future of Google's direct-to-consumer products. You'll contribute to the innovation behind products loved by millions worldwide. Your expertise will shape the next generation of hardware experiences, delivering unparalleled performance, efficiency, and integration.Our Platforms Infrastructure Engineering team designs and builds the hardware and software technologies that power all of Google's services. Our computational challenges are complex and unique, enabled by cutting-edge custom hardware designed and made in-house. As a hardware engineer, you will design and build the systems that are the heart of the world's largest and most powerful computing infrastructure. You will see those systems from concept all the way through to high-volume manufacturing. Your work has the potential to shape the machinery that goes into our cutting-edge data centers, affecting millions of Google users.Individual pay is determined by factors including job-related skills, experience, and relevant education or training.

US: $132000 - $189000 (USD) + 15% bonus target + equity + benefits

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Responsibilities

Design low-cost and high-speed optical transceivers for ICI communication links.
Architect optical systems to scale TPU superpods.
Identify, research, evaluate emerging photonic networking technologies.
Explore optical technologies to disaggregate and improve the efficiencies of future computing systems.

Qualifications

Minimum qualifications:

Bachelor's degree in Electrical Engineering, Optics, Physics, a related field, or equivalent practical experience.
2 years of experience working with fiber optical components and packaging techniques.

Preferred qualifications:

PhD degree in Electrical Engineering, Optics, Physics, or a related field.
Experience with digital coherent optical transmission systems.
Proficiency in digital signal processing, high-speed optoelectronic circuit simulation or system modeling.
Knowledge of large volume high-speed optical transceiver designs and manufacturing.
Knowledge of high speed design of electronics and optics.

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