CareerPlan

Optical System Engineer IV

Santa Clara,CAFull-time$161k–$221k2026-10-06 → 2026-11-10

Core

Design, integrate, and optimize complex optical systems for photonic chips and fiber coupling optics to advance semiconductor manufacturing.

Role type

Senior IC Optical System Engineer

Builds

Photonic chip optical systems and fiber coupling optics

Domain

Semiconductor manufacturing / Photonics

Required skills

Zemax optical design (geometric and physical optics), Statistical tolerancing analysis, Optical testing setup design and alignment, Instrument control programming, Data analysis (Python/MATLAB)

Preferred skills

Fiber coupling design in advanced packaging, Optical communication standards (NPO/CPO), PIC design and layout, Semiconductor process flows and foundry PDK

Technologies

Zemax, Python, MATLAB

Responsibilities

Perform optical simulations and design fiber coupling optics for photonic chips; Work with suppliers to optimize fiber coupling optics performance; Design and perform experiments to evaluate optical component and fiber coupling performance; Provide technical support to mechanical and process engineers for manufacturing conditions.