PIC Test Lead

Job Title

PIC Test Lead

Role Summary

The PIC Test Lead owns wafer-level optical and electrical test strategy and execution across the product lifecycle, from first-silicon bring-up through high-volume manufacturing (HVM).

Works with design, process integration, foundries, and manufacturing to deliver scalable probe solutions, yield learning, and successful factory transfer.

Experience Level

Senior — 10+ years in PIC test engineering, wafer-level probing, or photonics manufacturing test.

Responsibilities

Lead technical strategy and execution for wafer-level PIC testing across product lines and technology nodes.

• Define wafer-level PIC test roadmap, release criteria, guard-banding, and test coverage models.
• Architect scalable, high-throughput optical and electrical wafer probe solutions that balance alignment accuracy, probe stability, and test time.
• Lead first-silicon bring-up, including test content definition, limit setting, characterization, and rapid yield-learning loops.
• Influence PIC DFT and PDK structures (on-chip monitors, loopbacks, test waveguides, calibration structures) to improve wafer-level scalability.
• Own wafer-level yield, parametric distributions, spatial analytics, and root-cause investigations for systematic process issues.
• Establish golden wafer/die methodologies, qualify probe infrastructure with foundries/OSATs, and drive transfer into HVM.
• Serve as technical escalation point, mentor junior engineers, and standardize test practices and infrastructure.

Requirements

Must-have and preferred skills for successful candidates.

• Must-have: 10+ years' experience in PIC test engineering, wafer-level probing, or photonics manufacturing test.
• Must-have: Proven ownership of wafer-level optical and electrical test strategy from R&D through HVM.
• Must-have: Expertise in wafer-level optical probing and probe card qualification.
• Must-have: Experience with yield learning, spatial analysis of wafer maps, and test-time optimization.
• Must-have: Experience engaging foundries and leading factory transfer and qualification of probe infrastructure.
• Must-have: Demonstrated ability to lead first-silicon bring-up and establish production test flows.
• Preferred: Experience with high-speed optical and electrical testing of PICs or optical transceivers.
• Preferred: Experience influencing PIC DFT and collaborating with PDK development teams.
• Preferred: Background in high-volume semiconductor or photonics manufacturing and scaling test infrastructure.

Education Requirements

Not specified.

About the Company

Company: Xscape Photonics

Headquarters: Santa Clara, California, United States

Developer of integrated photonics solutions and instrumentation, specializing in photonic circuits, control systems, and test methodologies for optical communication and sensing applications. Works on device integration, control algorithms, and validation of photonic hardware and firmware.