George Zarris
R&D Engineer, Photonics
- Role
- Pmts Silicon Photonics Test Engineer at AMD
- Location
- Palo Alto, CA, US
- LinkedIn followers
- 500 followers
About George Zarris
Engineering in Optical Communications.Specialties within: Silicon Photonics, InP, High-speed Optical/ RF Test, Chip/Wafer-level Test, Advanced Modulation Formats, Optical Transmission, Optical Impairment Mitigation, Optoelectronics.Competencies and technical knowledge:• SiPh and InP optical and high-speed RF/MW test, RF/DC probing, chip/wafer-level test, optical high-speed NRZ, PAM4 and PM-QAM test, channel equalization, direct detection and coherent transceivers,optical transmission impairment emulation and mitigation, optical beam characterization, optical polarization analysis and control• Conversant with Industry Standards: OIF, Telcordia, ITU-T, ISO 9001• RF and Optical Instrumentation: Vector Network Analyzer, Bit-error rate tester, Arbitrary Waveform Generator, Digital Communication Analyzer, Oscilloscope, Optical Modulation Analyzer (coherent Tx/Rx), Electrical Spectrum Analyzer, Lasers and Detectors, Optical Spectrum Analyzer, RF & Optical Power meters, Polarization Synthesizer/Analyzer, Optical Vector Network Analyzer, Far-field / near-field beam analyzer, electrical Source-Measure Units, electrical / optical switches, filters, etc• Programming skills: Python, MATLAB, JMP.
Experience
Pmts Silicon Photonics Test Engineer
Apr 2026 — Present · San Jose, CA, US
Education
University of Essex
PhD, Electrical Engineering
2006 — 2010
Imperial College London
MBA, Business Administration
2008
University of Patras
BSc, Physics
1993
University of Essex
MSc, The Physics of Laser Communications
1996
Skills
- Dwdm
- Proposal Writing
- Testing
- Program Management
- Transmission
- Digital Signal Processors
- Labview
- Start-Ups
- Project Planning
- Matlab
- Optoelectronics
- Python
- Engineering
- Fiber Optics
- R&D
- Laser
- Product Management
- Management
- Engineering Management
- Business Planning
- Optical Engineering
- Research and Development (R&D)
- Optical Communications
- Optics
- Photonics
- Telecommunications
- Product Development
- Physics
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