Pixel Design Engineer – Process R&D

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Santa Clara, CA, USA
In-Office
140K-170K Annually
Senior level
Semiconductor • Manufacturing
The Role
Optimize pixel structures and semiconductor fabrication processes, develop and validate CIS simulation methodologies, and model devices and systems for imaging and display technologies. The role collaborates with process integration, design, system engineering, and architecture teams to advance pixel architectures, sensors, and displays, including phase detection, dual-pixel detection, near-infrared, time-of-flight, and LCOS applications.
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Role Overview
As a Pixel Design Engineer within the Process R&D team, you will work on innovation in pixel architecture and process optimization. You will play a key role in advancing simulation methodologies, developing next-generation pixel technologies, and collaborating cross-functionally to enable cutting-edge imaging and display solutions.
 
Key Responsibilities
  • Optimize pixel structures and fabrication processes to improve electrical/optical performance and efficiency.
  • Develop, enhance, and validate simulation methodologies for CIS (CMOS Image Sensor) pixel optimization and system-level modeling.
  • Collaborate with process integration and design teams to improve pixel characteristics and develop new pixel architectures tailored to specific applications, including - Phase Detect (PD), Dual Pixel Detection (DPD), Near-Infrared (NIR), Time-of-Flight (ToF) and LCOS (Liquid Crystal on Silicon)
  • Partner with system engineering and architecture teams to model and optimize devices, components, and full systems leveraging OVT sensors and display technologies.
  • Contribute to next-generation sensors and display performance through data-driven modeling and cross-functional innovation.
Qualifications
  • 5+ years of experience in pixel optimization and performance enhancement.
  • 5+ years of experience in device-based technologies, including development of advanced semiconductor processes (CIS process experience strongly preferred).
  • MSEE, MS in Physics, or equivalent required; PhD preferred.
  • Background in simulation tools and semiconductor device physics.
  • Demonstrated ability to work cross-functionally in R&D environments.

Annual base salary for this role in California, US is expected to be between  $140,000 - $170,000. Actual pay will be determined on a number of factors such as relevant skills and experience, and the pay of employees in the similar role.

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Skills Required

  • 5+ years of experience in pixel optimization and performance enhancement
  • 5+ years of experience in device-based technologies
  • Experience developing advanced semiconductor processes
  • CIS process experience
  • MSEE, MS in Physics, or equivalent
  • Background in simulation tools and semiconductor device physics
  • Ability to work cross-functionally in R&D environments
  • PhD
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The Company
HQ: Santa Clara, California
1,448 Employees
Year Founded: 1985

What We Do

Founded in 1995, OMNIVISION has been at the leading-edge of technology, developing and delivering advanced digital imaging, analog, and touch & display solutions for multiple applications across several industries. With more than 3,000 employees worldwide and over 13 billion products shipped, OMNIVISION is a well-known global fabless semiconductor company. Our products can be found everywhere in people’s lives including mobile phones, security & surveillance, automotive, computing, medical, and emerging applications. Across these segments, OMNIVISION’S award-winning technology enables a smoother human/machine interface in many of today’s commercial devices. In this way, OMNIVISION delivers solutions that put its customers at the leading edge of technology. Whether it be developing the first mobile handset camera accessory in 2002, introducing the world’s smallest NTS camera in 2006 or launching PureCel CMOS image sensors in 2013, our dedication to providing reliable, innovative imaging and sensing solutions continue to be the primary aim. The company has recorded numerous industry firsts in its relentless quest for technology breakthroughs that deliver #InfiniteIngenuity: • Guinness World Record for the World's Smallest Commercially Available Image Sensor (OV6948) in 2019. In 2021, it beat its own record with the new OH0TA OVMed® • First to commercialize backside illumination technology in 2007 (OmniBSI™) • Industry's 1st to deploy the most mature LED Flicker Mitigation (LFM) solution in mass production for multiple automotive applications • Automotive industry leader with HALE, our HDR & LFM Engine combination algorithm • Developer of Nyxel® near-infrared technology with by far the best quantum efficiency in CMOS near-infrared imagine • Creator of CameraCubeChip™, the industry’s 1st wafer-level camera modules • First and only global shutter image sensors with cybersecurity, for ADAS and autonomous vehicles • First to introduce RBG-Ir technology to medical

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