CareerPlan

Photonics Engineer

Palo Alto, California, United StatesRemoteFull-time2026-10-14 → 2026-11-10
Hybrid

Core

Design, modeling, and optimization of high-performance integrated photonic components and circuits for silicon photonic quantum computers.

Role type

Senior IC photonics engineer (silicon photonics)

Builds

Integrated photonic circuits and devices for fault-tolerant quantum systems

Domain

Quantum computing + Silicon photonics

Deliverable

production ML models | product features

Required skills

Photonic device and circuit design, Photonic circuit modeling, Python programming, Commercial electromagnetic simulation, Data analysis, Optimization techniques

Preferred skills

Mathematica, AWS services, SQL, Parallel computations

Technologies

Python, Commercial EM simulation packages, Mathematica, AWS, SQL

Responsibilities

Collaborate with system teams on product requirements and PIC screening plans, Model photonic devices and circuits data-driven, Design and optimize multi-component photonic circuits, Analyze performance data of photonic devices, Develop software solutions for photonic design and data analysis, Collaborate with foundry and testing experts on circuit validation and improvement

Seniority

Senior, hands-on IC