Packaging Architect (Photonics)

Location: Mountain View, California, United States; flexible hybrid workplace model

Salary: $218,000–$317,000 USD per year, plus equity and additional rewards

Company

hirify.global develops photonics-based infrastructure for AI and high-performance computing data centers, including its 3D-stacked Passage photonics engine.

What you will do

• Own advanced packaging architecture from concept through product release.
• Evaluate trade-offs across EIC/PIC layouts, die-to-die interfaces, fiber attachment methods, and packaging technologies.
• Define electrical, thermal, and mechanical packaging specifications aligned with performance, cost, schedule, and manufacturability goals.
• Partner with product architects, chip designers, system architects, supply chain engineering, suppliers, and Quality & Reliability teams.
• Establish substrate, assembly, raw material, qualification, and issue-resolution requirements.
• Monitor packaging technology trends and work with product teams and data center and HPC customers to influence roadmap direction.

Requirements

• Master’s or Ph.D. in Electrical Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, Materials Science, or a related field.
• 15+ years of experience with advanced 2D/3D packaging technologies and exposure to optical packaging.
• 10+ years of expertise in power or signal integrity, thermal-mechanical analysis, or optical packaging.
• Experience performing system-level trade-offs across silicon, package, and board for complex products.
• Extensive experience with SERDES, PCIe, die-to-die interconnects, substrate selection, signal integrity, and thermal management.
• Track record of delivering packages and products from concept through production release, with proficiency in industry-standard EDA and CAD tools.

Nice to have

• Technical leadership across complex, multidisciplinary projects and external supplier organizations.
• Strong independent decision-making, ambiguity management, communication, and practical problem-solving skills.

Culture & Benefits

• Medical, dental, and vision coverage.
• Retirement savings matching, life insurance, and short- and long-term disability coverage.
• Vacation, sick leave, public holidays, and paid family leave.
• Training and development opportunities, commuter benefits, and a flexible hybrid workplace.
• Equity grants for eligible full-time employees.