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.
Job OverviewAs Silicon Photonics Designer at nEye.ai, you will be responsible for the development process for complex photonic devices and systems-on-chip, from design through fabrication, testing and analysis. You will be an active participant in regular company strategy meetings, including addressing our chip manufacturing technology strategies. You will be successful if you thrive in a fast-paced environment, can participate in multiple work streams simultaneously, are passionate about solving problems and learning.
Key Responsibilities
Taking a senior role in the photonics design team and collaborating with other groups to optimize chip design for product system-level requirements
Driving specific device designs and collaborating on fabrication methodologies.
Designing photonic components and photonic integrated circuits to advance our optical switch technology.
Developing, overseeing, and performing photonic component and system-level testing.
Working cross-functionally with system and fabrication team members to develop improved optical switch capabilities.
Required Skills & Qualifications
PhD degree in Electrical Engineering, Materials Science, Applied Physics, Chemistry, or a related technical discipline.
5+ years hands-on experience with Si Photonics in an industrial setting.
Strong understanding of microfabrication processes and related constraints on photonic component designs.
Strong understanding and proficient experience of photonic component simulation tools such as FDTD, EME, FEM, or FIT.
- Strong proficiency in Python.
Experience with photonic integrated circuit layout and photonics foundry tape-out.
Experience with designing and executing detailed photonic device experiments and characterization protocols.
Strong communication skills in collaboration, verbal presentation, and written reports.
Excellent interpersonal, communication (written and oral), and leadership skills.
- Deep familiarity using AI tools (e.g., LLMs, copilots) to accelerate engineering workflows, debugging, and problem-solving.
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.
