Photonics PDK Development Engineer
Core
Develop and maintain production-ready Silicon Photonics Process Design Kits (PDKs), physical verification solutions, and Electronic-Photonic Design Automation (EPDA) tools to enable high-volume manufacturing of photonic integrated circuits (PICs) for data center and AI applications.
Role type
Senior IC PDK Development Engineer (Silicon Photonics)
Builds
Production-ready PDKs, EPDA tools, physical verification flows, and design enablement infrastructure for Intel's silicon photonics ecosystem.
Domain
Semiconductor / Silicon Photonics / Electronic Design Automation (EDA)
Deliverable
production ML models | product features | dashboards & analysis | research | client delivery | infrastructure | physical/clinical work
Required skills
PDK development, Physical Verification (DRC/LVS/ERC), SKILL programming, Python, Linux shell scripting, PIC design flows, EDA tool integration, CI/CD pipeline development, Design automation
Preferred skills
Curvilinear PCell development, Hierarchical PIC design, Cloud computing environments, AI/ML for design automation, Foundry enablement, Multi-foundry design ecosystems
Technologies
Siemens Calibre, Synopsys IC Validator, Cadence Virtuoso, Cadence PVS/Pegasus, Tcl, Bash, Python, Linux
Responsibilities
Develop and validate production-ready Silicon Photonics PDKs; Implement EPDA tools and flows for PIC design; Develop physical verification methodologies and rule decks; Design PCells and reusable IP for design automation; Build CI/CD pipelines for automated PDK release; Partner with design and manufacturing teams to deliver design enablement solutions.
Seniority
Senior, hands-on IC
