Senior Silicon Photonics Engineer
Core
Design and optimize high-speed silicon photonic integrated circuits (PICs) for production-bound systems, taking them from concept through tapeout to silicon validation.
Role type
Senior IC silicon photonics engineer (design & tapeout)
Builds
Silicon photonic integrated circuits (PICs) for optical communication and AI infrastructure
Domain
Semiconductor manufacturing / Optical communications / Silicon photonics
Deliverable
production ML models | product features
Required skills
Silicon photonic device design, Guided-wave optics, Device physics, EM/circuit/thermal simulation, PIC layout (GDS), Foundry PDK flows, Tapeout support, Co-design with electronics/packaging
Preferred skills
High-speed device design (>100 GHz), CPO/NPO architectures, SiPh + III-V integration, Inverse design / adjoint methods
Technologies
Lumerical, COMSOL, Meep
Responsibilities
Design and optimize high-speed modulators, photodetectors, and passive components; Perform multi-domain simulations to meet bandwidth and loss targets; Implement PIC layouts using foundry PDKs; Co-design with electronics and packaging teams; Support silicon bring-up and characterization; Contribute to design libraries and methodology development
Seniority
Early-career to Senior (0–5 years experience)
