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Job Opening: R&D Project Manager

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Duties and Responsibilities

As R&D Project Manager you will support our team leaders on the accomplishment of the tasks intended to develop the family of optical multi-gigabit automotive transceivers on time and within budget, in accordance with the goals set up by the company, as well as all the requirements committed within public grant programs (dissemination, IP, etc).

  • Develop full scale project plans & facilitate the follow-up of project scope, goals and deliverables
  • Create and maintain comprehensive project documentation: develop spreadsheets, diagrams and process maps for documentation
  • Manage project budget, plan & schedule timelines & track deliverables
  • Manage changes to the project scope, project schedule and project costs using appropriate verification techniques
  • Monitor and report on the status & progress of the project
  • Present regular reports on project progress, problems and solutions

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Secpho Webinar – New IEEE 802.3cz Standard: multi-gigabit links for automotive

Webinar – New IEEE 802.3cz Standard: multi-gigabit links for automotive

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The proposed IEEE 802.3cz standard has entered the IEEE 802.3 Standard Approval Ballot stage for final release. Join us on April 27, 2023 at 16:00 CET for the online presentation “New IEEE 802.3cz Standard: multi-gigabit links for automotive”, organized in collaboration with Secpho, an industry cluster that gathers more than 180 organizations promoting technological innovation through deep tech in all sectors of our economy.

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Production and Test Engineer

Job Opening: Production and Test Engineer

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For our job opening of a Production and Test Engineer in Madrid, we are enhancing our team with a person in charge of production test development, analysis of production data, product reliability assurance and production test continuous improvement during production.

The responsibilities of a Production and Test Engineer include:

  • Development and improvement of the test programs used in production, to optimize the test time, coverage and yield, while guaranteeing product reliability.
  • Analysis of production data (test results, PCM, etc.).
  • Definition of test flows for specification of parametric limits and criteria for functional pass / fail.
  • Participation in the definition and execution of reliability tests and qualification flows.
  • Participation in specification and review of the wafer sort and final test PCBs and the test programs used to implement the production testing of the company’s products.
  • Participation in analysis of customer returns and field returns.
  • Participation in risk analysis (like FMEA) and definition of the control plan.
  • Interfacing with test equipment vendors.
  • Participation in production test installation and debug.
  • Working in close collaboration with R&D team.

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KDPOF demo at Automotive Ethernet Congress

Demo Setup Presenting Automotive High-speed Links

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We’ve gained great interest in our latest demonstration setup of automotive Ethernet over fiber optics we’ve shown recently at Automotive Ethernet Congress from in Munich, Germany, and together with Würth Elektronik at the Embedded World international trade show in Nuremburg, Germany. The KDPOF demo contained robust, EMC-safe, and low-cost in-vehicle high-speed links with connectors from leading suppliers like MD Elektronik and Yazaki.

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KDPOF Endorses IEEE 802.3cz Standard Entering the Finishing Straight of Final Release

KDPOF Endorses IEEE 802.3cz Standard Entering the Finishing Straight of Final Release

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KDPOF celebrates the advance of the proposed IEEE 802.3cz standard to the IEEE 802.3 Standard Approval Ballot stage.

“We are happy that the IEEE 802.3 automotive optical multi-gigabit standard draft has entered final review for publication,” stated Carlos Pardo, KDPOF CEO and active participant in the IEEE 802.3 working group. “We have started the development of prototypes, led by OEMs in Europe, Asia, and North America, for the proof-of-concept (POC) of optical 10GBASE-AU links for backbone, camera, radar sensor, and display use cases.” Read more

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KDPOF and Würth Elektronik Cooperate for Optical Automotive Multi-gigabit Ethernet

KDPOF and Würth Elektronik Cooperate for Optical Automotive Multi-gigabit Ethernet

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KDPOF proudly announced their technological cooperation with Würth Elektronik (one of the leading manufacturers of electronics and electromechanical components in Europe) to advance automotive multi-gigabit Ethernet over fiber optics.

“We are honoured to have Würth Elektronik as a partner for our next-generation optical high-speed connectivity reference designs in vehicles,” stated Carlos Pardo, CEO and Co-founder of KDPOF. “As the auto industry approaches the 100 Gb/s*m speed-length threshold, the move from copper to optical physical data transmission media is picking up speed.” Read more

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KDPOF’s EVB9351-SFP is Winner of the 2022 Product of the Year by Electronic Products

Electronic Products announces EVB9351-SFP as Winner of the 2022 Product of the Year Awards for Optoelectronics

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KDPOF is proud that their EVB9351-SFP 1000BASE-RH Small Form-factor Pluggable transceiver module has been selected by the editors of Electronic Products as this year’s winner in the optoelectronics category. The annual awards, now in its 47th year, recognizes outstanding products that represent any of the following qualities: a significant advancement in a technology or its application, an exceptionally innovative design, a substantial achievement in price/performance, improvements in design performance and a potential for new product designs/opportunities.
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EVB9351-SFP by KDPOF nominated for product 2023 by WEKA Publishing

EVB9351-SFP Nominated for Product of the Year 2023 by WEKA Publishing

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The German electronics journal Elektronik by WEKA Publishing has chosen our new EVB9351-SFP as one of the finalists in the automotive category for product of 2023. “We’re happy that this first optical 1000BASE-RH Small Form-factor Pluggable transceiver module is nominated for product of the year 2023,” stated our CEO Carlos Pardo. “It integrates the whole 1000BASE-RHC PHY and the header connector for SI-POF optical harness. We’re proud to accomplish the first milestone for future commercial optical 1000BASE-RH SFP modules, which will integrate into the optical ecosystem in automotive.” Test houses welcome the SFP module for the valuation of optical gigabit Ethernet in vehicles. Until January 29, 2023, users are called to vote for their favorite electronics products.

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Presentation "980nm VCSELs: New Standard in Automotive" by TRUMPF and KDPOF at ECOC 2022

980nm VCSELs: New Standard in Automotive – presented by TRUMPF and KDPOF

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At the European Conference on Optical Communication (ECOC) in September 2022 in Basel, Switzerland, Dr. Joseph Pankert, VP Product Management at Trumpf Photonic Components, and Rubén Pérez-Aranda, CTO and Co-founder of KDPOF, presented “980nm VCSELs: New Standard in Automotive”. KDPOF is proud to have been part of the program at the continent’s largest event in the field and one of the most prestigious and traditional events on optical communications worldwide.

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In collaboration with Ametic, Carlos Pardo will participate in TheMISS Conference, which is accompanying MATELEC trade show.

Spanish and European Proposals to Chip and Semiconductor Shortages

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In collaboration with AMETIC, Carlos Pardo will participate in TheMISS Conference, which is accompanying MATELEC trade show. This leading trade fair for the electrical, electronics, and telecommunications industry is taking place from November 15 to 18, 2022, at IFEMA in Madrid, Spain. On November 18, at 11:30, Carlos will speak about “Spanish and European Proposals to Chip and Semiconductor Shortages” at IFEMA Technology building, Room 3, Pavilion 7. They will discuss strategies and solutions included in PERTE and how companies in Europe are trying to solve the problem locally.
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