Senior Photonic Design Engineer

Job Description

Founded by recognized leaders in integrated photonics, the company is driving innovation at the forefront of optical technology. Leveraging advanced heterogeneous photonics platforms, its technology enables products with exceptional performance and significant advantages in cost, size, and functionality across communications, sensing, defense, and emerging quantum applications. The team is composed of world-class engineers and scientists dedicated to building transformative technologies and solving complex real-world challenges.
They are looking for a Senior/Staff Integrated Photonics Engineer with expertise in the design, tapeout, and characterization of photonic integrated circuits and a proven ability to take devices from concept through fabrication and testing. As a key member of the engineering team, you will design next-generation PICs, collaborate closely with foundry partners, perform hands-on device characterization, and help drive the development of innovative photonic products from prototype to deployment.

Can only hire Green Card holders or US Citizens

Design, simulate, layout, and tape out photonic integrated circuits and subsystems
Perform hands-on characterization and testing of fabricated photonic devices and circuits
Analyze measurement data and use results to drive future design iterations and performance improvements
Collaborate with foundry partners, packaging vendors, and cross-functional engineering teams to deliver working hardware
Develop scalable workflows for PIC design, simulation, characterization, and automation
D. in Electrical Engineering, Physics, Photonics, Optics, or a related STEM field
~Hands-on experience with photonic device testing, measurement, and data analysis
~ Experience with photonic simulation tools such as Lumerical, FDTD, MODE, CHARGE, Interconnect, or similar platforms
~ Experience with commercial photonics foundries, PDKs, design rule checks, and tapeout workflows
Proficiency with PIC layout tools such as KLayout, GDSFactory, Cadence Virtuoso, or similar platforms
Experience automating measurements, data acquisition, or testing workflows using Python or MATLAB
Background in photonic packaging, fiber attach, flip-chip integration, or PIC-to-electronics integration
Experience developing photonic technologies for communications, sensing, defense, or quantum applications