Principal Optical Engineer
Core
Design, verification, and validation of highly integrated silicon photonics component platforms including light engines, modulators, and detectors for data infrastructure.
Role type
Principal Optical Engineer (Silicon Photonics)
Builds
Next-generation optics products (transmit/receive amplifiers, controller ASICs) for enterprise, cloud, and AI architectures.
Domain
Semiconductor / Silicon Photonics / Optical Engineering
Deliverable
production ML models | product features | physical/clinical work
Required skills
Optical component design, photonic integrated circuit (PIC) design and validation, semiconductor optical device knowledge (modulators, detectors, waveguides), electro-optical modeling and simulation, GDS mask data generation, optical coupling and DC/RF testing, Si/CMOS/MEMS process technologies, lab hands-on work
Preferred skills
CAD and foundry process collaboration, design automation, cross-functional system design collaboration
Technologies
Optical and electrical modeling software, GDS tools, Si/CMOS/MEMS fabrication processes
Responsibilities
Lead design and tape-out of photonics products, collaborate with CAD and foundry teams on design flow, validate hardware/firmware/control loops performance, characterize integrated circuits, work in lab for device fabrication and testing
Seniority
Principal, hands-on IC with strategy & mentorship
