Vcsel Reliability Engineer - Intern

It's fun to work in a company where people truly BELIEVE in what they're doing!
We're committed to bringing passion and customer focus to the business.
If you like wild growth and working with happy, enthusiastic over-achievers, you'll enjoy your career with us!
VCSEL Reliability Engineering Intern
It's an exciting time to join Lumentum! Lumentum (NASDAQ: LITE) is a market-leading manufacturer of innovative optical and photonic products enabling optical networking and commercial laser customers worldwide. Lumentum's optical components and subsystems are part of virtually every type of telecom, enterprise, and data center network. Lumentum's commercial lasers enable advanced manufacturing techniques and diverse applications including next-generation 3D sensing capabilities. Lumentum is headquartered in San Jose, California with R&D, manufacturing, and sales offices worldwide. For more information, visit www.lumentum.com.
We believe Lumentum is a great place to work and we support a diverse and inclusive culture where employees bring their whole and authentic selves to work. We strive to build meaningful connections that fuel innovation to produce products that impact the world. We are committed to creating a diverse and welcoming workplace that includes employees with diverse backgrounds and experiences. We believe that enables us to better meet our mission and values while serving customers throughout our global communities. People of color, women, LGBTQIA+, veterans and persons with disabilities are encouraged to apply.
Lumentum DIB Scholarship
Lumentum awarded scholarships of $10,000.00 to 10 of our 2023 U.S. based interns from underrepresented groups. We will also award scholarships in 2024. To be considered for the scholarship, the first thing you need to do is apply for a Lumentum internship so you can be considered for a job with us. To receive the DIB scholarship, you must complete a summer internship with Lumentum.
Overview
The Lumentum VCSEL (Vertical Cavity Surface Emitting Laser) Reliability team manages reliability studies, data analysis, failure analysis, lab and equipment maintenance/capabilities, and device design feedback. Reliability studies, the primary focus, are varied and dynamic with projects ranging from short term investigations (a few days), to long term (years). Confidence in the data produced is very important for developing reliable products for customers. As such, The Lumentum VCSEL Reliability team strives to maintain the lab and equipment in good, reproducible working conditions and carry out carefully planned studies. Members of this team work closely with project managers, R&D chip designers, and process engineers. Products studied vary from single element datacom VCSELs to large illumination VCSEL arrays.
Responsibilities

• Plan and execute reliability studies
• Data Analysis: collect data, plot data, look for trends and correlations, create/fit models, summarize, present to team
• Conduct failure analysis using reverse bias current measurements, microscope inspection, near-infrared imaging, and electroluminescent imaging
• Conduct systematic EOS/ESD stress study on VCSEL devices
• Learn and use fishbone analysis and 8-D reporting for device and equipment failures
• Conduct lab audits to test repeatability/reproducibility of stress ovens, test equipment, ESD safety tools/protocols
• Work with characterization tools: multimeter, oscilloscope, signal generator, source measure unit, etc
• Construct/modify lab equipment: soldering, prototyping, etc
• Troubleshoot device and equipment failures, and provide feedback/recommendations for design/repair solutions

If COVID restrictions allow for it, this internship will be on-site in San Jose, California.
Minimum Qualifications

• Qualified candidates will be enrolled in a Bachelor's or Master's degree program in Electrical Engineering or a related major.

Desired Qualifications

• Competent with Microsoft Excel and PowerPoint
• Familiar with Python and JMP
• Strong communications, initiative, and teamwork
• Comfortable working hands-on in a laboratory environment
• Independent, takes initiative and ownership of projects/tasks

Pay Range: $23.75-$54.50/hour
All offers of employment are subject to background checks, appropriate work authorizations, and depending on country, drug screens may be required prior to start date.
As a global employer, Lumentum is proud to be an equal opportunity workplace and an affirmative action employer. Protected categories differ from jurisdiction to jurisdiction but may include race, ethnic origin, color, ancestry, religion, sex, national origin, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, age, citizenship, marital status, disability, or Veteran status.