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Primary duties and responsibilities:
Defines and drives overall integrated silicon photonic chip development plan at system and device level, possessing expertise in the design and simulation of silicon photonic integrated circuit components and systems.
Designs and optimizes photonic integrated circuits (PICs) and plays a key role in the development of photonic technologies including complex active and passive large-scale PICs.
Owns overall silicon PIC development execution and coordination from architecture definition and chip design, to layout, test, validation, data analysis, and covers performance debug, reliability qualification, and KGD delivery.
Works cross functionally with foundries, design, validation, quality and reliability teams.
You must possess the below minimum qualifications to be initially considered for this position. Preferred qualifications are in addition to the minimum requirements and are considered a plus factor in identifying top candidates. Experience listed below would be obtained through a combination of your degree, research and or relevant previous job and or internship experiences.
Minimum Qualifications:
MS degree in Electrical Engineering, Physics, or a similar discipline with 5+ years of experience in a related field with years of relevant industry experience in the required skills section below OR PhD Electrical Engineering, Physics, or a similar discipline and 3+ years of experience in a related field with years of relevant industry experience in the required skills section below.
Required Skills:
•Experience in development of photonic-integrated-circuits from concept to high volume manufacturing.
•Experience designing, simulating, and testing complex PIC's, including link budget analysis, electrical power budgets, back-reflection budgets, Monte Carlo models and other performance indicators.
•Familiarity using optical design and simulation tools such as Lumerical (FDTD, MODE, DEVICE, Interconnect), RSoft, Tidy3D, Harold, Photon Design, or numerical simulation tools such as Matlab or Python.
•Experience contributing to or leading PIC tape-outs. Familiarity with layout tools such as Candence, KLayout, Synopsys Optocompiler, or GDSFactory.
Preferred Qualifications:
• Exposure to standard photonic test methodologies and equipment such as optical spectrum analyzers, tunable lasers, optical backscatter reflectometers, optical vector analyzers, fiber or free-space coupling.
• Exposure to EDA/PDA tools and methodologies. Familiarity with LVS, SDL, and DRC.
• PIC test data analysis and design optimization including using statistical analysis using tools such as JMP or statistical libraries in matlab or python.
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Annual Salary Range for jobs which could be performed in the US: $141,910.00-269,100.00 USD
The range displayed on this job posting reflects the minimum and maximum target compensation for the position across all US locations. Within the range, individual pay is determined by work location and additional factors, including job-related skills, experience, and relevant education or training. Your recruiter can share more about the specific compensation range for your preferred location during the hiring process.
Work Model for this Role
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- MS in Electrical Engineering, Physics, or similar with 5+ years industry experience OR PhD with 3+ years industry experience
- Experience developing photonic-integrated-circuits from concept to high-volume manufacturing
- Designing, simulating, and testing complex PICs including link budget, electrical power budgets, back-reflection budgets, Monte Carlo models, and performance indicators
- Familiarity with optical design and simulation tools (Lumerical, RSoft, Tidy3D, Harold, Photon Design) and numerical simulation tools (Matlab or Python)
- Experience contributing to or leading PIC tape-outs and familiarity with layout tools (Cadence, KLayout, Synopsys OptoCompiler, GDSFactory)
- Exposure to standard photonic test equipment and methodologies (optical spectrum analyzers, tunable lasers, optical backscatter reflectometers, optical vector analyzers)
- Exposure to EDA/PDA tools and methodologies and familiarity with LVS, SDL, and DRC
- PIC test data analysis and design optimization using statistical tools (JMP or statistical libraries in Matlab or Python)
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