Staff Photonics Design Engineer
Core
Design, layout, and test silicon photonics devices for an integrated and scalable laser system to enable high-speed data center interconnects.
Role type
Staff IC photonics design engineer
Builds
Integrated silicon photonic laser systems and components for AI/HPC data centers
Domain
Semiconductor photonics / Data center infrastructure
Deliverable
production ML models | product features
Required skills
silicon photonics device design, layout, and testing, integrated laser design (SOAs), simulation and modeling (Lumerical, Tidy3D), Python for data analysis, problem solving in non-obvious scenarios
Preferred skills
foundry PDK layout experience, code-based GDS creation, wafer-level testing and statistical data analysis, strong project execution
Technologies
Lumerical, Tidy3D, GDS Factory, optical spectrum analyzers, tunable lasers, OBR/OVA, oscilloscopes, BERT
Responsibilities
Design and optimize silicon photonic components (couplers, muxes, rings, switches); layout device test structures and integrated photonic systems; develop and execute test plans for device validation; collaborate with packaging and systems engineering to address integration challenges; implement simulation and testing methodologies to optimize performance; publish novel photonics results and present at conferences
Seniority
Staff, hands-on IC with strategic influence