Job Details

Optoelectronics Device Engineer - Biophotonics

Cupertino, California, United States

Hardware

Summary

Posted: Jun 09, 2025

Role Number: 200608258

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Apple's Biophotonics group is looking for an Optoelectronics Device Engineer with a background in materials science, semiconductor device, and epitaxial growth. You will work with members of a multi-functional team to characterize, analyze and epitaxially design III-V optoelectronic devices.

Description

Epitaxially design III-V optoelectronics devices.
Characterize optical and electrical performance of III-V optoelectronic devices, including noise measurements.
Apply fundamental device physics knowledge to correlate device characterization data with materials characterization data apply to improve epitaxial design.

Minimum Qualifications

• B.S. degree in Materials Science, Applied Physics, Electrical Engineering, Physics, or similar.

• Experience with epitaxial design of semiconductor devices.

• Experience with analysis of various materials characterization data such as Reciprocal Space Map (RSM) X-ray diffraction, AFM, TEM.

• Good understanding of fundamentals of optoelectronic devices such as photodetectors and lasers.

• Hands-on lab experience in semiconductor device characterization.

Preferred Qualifications

• 3+ years of relevant industry experience.

• Ph.D. degree in Materials Science, Applied Physics, Electrical Engineering, Physics, or similar.

• Understanding of theory of crystal dislocations, strain relaxation in III-V materials.

• Familiarity with MOCVD growth.

• Experience in III-V device fabrication.

Pay & Benefits

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