nEye.ai, a well-funded optical switch startup, is poised to revolutionize the future of data centers. nEye’s MEMS-based silicon photonics optical circuit switches (OCS) eliminate critical bottlenecks in AI processing by enabling direct optical connections among thousands of GPUs and memory units. The company's OCS is an ultra-low power consumption, high radix, compact chip-scale design, offering hyperscale data centers enhanced performance, efficiency, and scalability.
Role OverviewWe're looking for a detail-oriented Senior Foundry Integration Engineer to own the technical execution of development programs with our external semiconductor foundry partners.
This role sits at the intersection of design, layout, process integration, and manufacturing. You'll coordinate engineering wafer runs from layout release through wafer delivery, ensuring tape-ins are complete, process flows are optimized, engineering experiments are well defined, and development data is captured and communicated effectively.
This is an excellent opportunity for an engineer with exceptional attention to detail and the ability to coordinate multiple concurrent foundry development programs, engineering lots, and technical deliverables.
Key Responsibilities
Own engineering tape-ins from finalized layout through successful release to external foundry partners.
Coordinate cross-functional tape-in readiness across Design, Layout, MEMS Integration, and Process Engineering teams.
Participate in tape-in quality reviews, ensuring layouts, documentation, and process assumptions are complete before release.
Track engineering lots from tape-in through wafer delivery and communicate status across the organization.
Development Programs & NPI ManagementDefine, coordinate, and track engineering split lots to maximize technical learning while optimizing wafer utilization.
Develop and manage short-loop experiments and Design of Experiments (DOEs) to investigate process issues and accelerate development.
Own NPI split management, including technical definition, schedule tracking, wafer tracking, engineering data collection, and results summarization.
Coordinate development activities with foundry engineers to ensure engineering objectives and timelines are achieved.
Process Flow ReviewReview process flows alongside layout prior to tape-in to identify potential manufacturability or integration risks.
Evaluate process assumptions, mask layers, and layout interactions before fabrication.
Work closely with MEMS Integration Engineers to ensure process flows support device requirements.
Help identify opportunities to improve process robustness before engineering wafers are fabricated.
Process Flow Evaluation & SimulationPerform process flow evaluations using layout review tools such as KLayout.
Analyze layout layers and process interactions to identify potential fabrication issues before tape-in.
Support simulation of process flow alternatives to improve manufacturability and development efficiency.
Grow into ownership of process flow modeling and simulation capabilities as the foundry development program expands.
Required Experience and Skills
BS, MS, or PhD in Electrical Engineering, Materials Science, Physics, Mechanical Engineering, Chemical Engineering, or related discipline.
7+ years of experience working with semiconductor process development or process integration.
7+ years of experience collaborating with semiconductor foundries or external manufacturing partners.
MEMS or silicon photonics manufacturing experience.
Understanding of semiconductor fabrication process flows.
Experience defining or supporting Design of Experiments (DOE) activities.
Strong organizational skills with the ability to manage multiple parallel engineering activities.
Excellent written and verbal communication skills.
Preferred Experience and Skills
Experience supporting tape-ins or engineering wafer programs.
Familiarity with semiconductor layouts and mask data.
Experience reviewing process flows for manufacturability.
Knowledge of KLayout or similar layout visualization tools.
Experience with process simulation or process flow modeling.
Familiarity with commercial semiconductor foundries.
Professional proficiency in Mandarin Chinese is a plus to support technical collaboration with overseas foundry partners.
Skills Required
- BS, MS, or PhD in EE, Materials Science, Physics, Mechanical Engineering, Chemical Engineering, or related discipline
- 7+ years experience in semiconductor process development or process integration
- 7+ years collaborating with semiconductor foundries or external manufacturing partners
- MEMS or silicon photonics manufacturing experience
- Understanding of semiconductor fabrication process flows
- Experience defining or supporting Design of Experiments (DOE) activities
- Strong organizational skills to manage multiple parallel engineering activities
- Excellent written and verbal communication skills
- Experience supporting tape-ins or engineering wafer programs
- Familiarity with semiconductor layouts and mask data
- Experience reviewing process flows for manufacturability
- Knowledge of KLayout or similar layout visualization tools
- Experience with process simulation or process flow modeling
- Familiarity with commercial semiconductor foundries
- Professional proficiency in Mandarin Chinese to support overseas foundry collaboration
What We Do
We are nEye Systems, a next-generation optical switch company. Our programmable photonic integrated circuit integrates high-radix optical circuit switching on a Si chip and is a future-proof solution for Artificial Intelligence (AI)/Machine Learning (ML) systems and other high-performance computing environments. Our optical switches are poised to solve some of the biggest challenges facing the growth and adoption of AI/ML – the excessive costs of power requirements and network expansion. We are a well-funded, early-stage company and will be a key player in several multibillion $ markets.
