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Photonic Engineer, Machine Learning

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 wil

Company

Google

Location

Sunnyvale, CA, USA

Status

Open

Posted

2026-09-22T09:06:52+00:00

Google's Platforms Infrastructure Engineering team is hiring a photonic engineer in Sunnyvale to design low-cost, high-speed optical transceivers for data centers and develop optical systems that scale TPU and GPU superpods. The posting asks for a bachelor's degree in electrical or computer engineering or physics, six years in high-speed datacom, and five years in digital coherent optical transmission; a PhD, scripting and test automation, DSP or optoelectronic simulation, and knowledge of data center network and machine learning system architectures are preferred. Pay is $188,000–$274,000.