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Senior Laser Designer

US, California, Santa Clara💼 Full-time💰 $164,470–$311,890🗓 2026-08-07 → 2026-09-26

Core

Design, simulate, and optimize DFB lasers for high-speed optical communication applications and integrate them into Silicon Photonic circuits.

Role type

Senior IC laser designer (silicon photonics)

Builds

Photonics components for data centers and AI applications

Domain

Semiconductor / Silicon Photonics / Optical Communications

Deliverable

production ML models | product features

Required skills

DFB laser design, InP epi design, tolerance analysis, test chip execution, photonic modeling, statistical data analysis, system-level modeling

Preferred skills

Project leadership, JMP/MATLAB/Python data analysis, Cadence/KLayout layout tools, published research in photonics

Technologies

DFB lasers, InP, JMP, MATLAB, Python, Cadence, KLayout

Responsibilities

Design and simulate DFB lasers; perform tolerance analysis; lead test chip execution (layout, tapeout, validation); develop photonic modeling methodologies; research emerging photonic technologies; analyze component characterization data; collaborate on system-level integration

Seniority

Senior, hands-on IC

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