Minimum of a Masters Degree with industry experience specializing in optical technologies or optical networking.
A PhD with industry experience is preferred with research publications in the same area of specialization.
Familiarity with datacenter-class optical module technologies such as QSFP/OSFP form factor pluggable modules or emerging Near-Packaged Optics (NPO) or Co-Packaged Optics (CPO) approaches.
Experience in architecting optical transceivers for target metrics such as physical dimensions, power (or energy efficiency), bandwidth density, temperature sensitivity, BER and failure rates.
Expertise with optical transceivers ingredients such as EIC, PIC, drivers, TIAs, photo-detectors, modulators and lasers.
Solid technical writing and presentation skills with a demonstrated record of academic publications / industry position papers.
Responsibilities
Identify optical technologies, quantify their value and prioritize them for future datacenter usages
Propose POC / prototyping frameworks for the rigorous evaluation of optical technologies.
Engage with optical technology vendors and conduct detailed analysis of competing technologies.
Educate / disseminate technology directions to Microsoft’s internal stakeholders on optical foundations and fundamental directions.
Represent Microsoft’s directions to the industry and academia through leading conferences.