Silicon Photonics Component Design Engineer
Core
Design, simulate, and optimize silicon photonic components (lasers, modulators, photodetectors, waveguides) for next-generation optical interconnects and data center communications.
Role type
Senior IC silicon photonics component design engineer
Builds
Photonic integrated circuits (PICs) and optical communication systems for data centers and networking
Domain
Semiconductor manufacturing / Silicon Photonics / Optical Interconnects
Deliverable
production ML models | product features
Required skills
Silicon photonic device design, Photonic simulation (Sentaurus, Silvaco, Lumerical, HFSS, ADS, RSoft), Photonic layout design (Cadence, KLayout), Test chip development, Data analysis (MATLAB, Python, JMP), Device characterization
Preferred skills
Modulator/detector design, Micro-ring modulators, Advanced materials (BTO, TFLN, III-V integration), High-speed electronic ICs (TIAs, drivers, DSP), Optical link modeling, 100G+ data rates, Semiconductor foundry processes
Technologies
Sentaurus, Silvaco, Lumerical, HFSS, ADS, RSoft, Cadence, KLayout, MATLAB, Python, JMP
Responsibilities
Design and simulate photonic components and PIC architectures; Perform tolerance studies and design evaluations for manufacturability; Support test chip execution, layout coordination, and tape-out; Analyze characterization data to identify performance trends and design improvements; Contribute to photonic device models and simulation workflows; Evaluate emerging photonic technologies and support proof-of-concept demonstrations
Seniority
Senior, hands-on IC
