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Silicon Photonics Design Engineer

2 months ago


Santa Clara, California, United States OpenLight Full time
About OpenLight

OpenLight is a pioneering photonics design company that has revolutionized the industry with its open silicon photonics platform featuring integrated lasers. Our innovative technology is utilized in a wide range of applications, including Datacom, telecom, LiDAR, healthcare, HPC, AI, and optical computing. Our mission is to enhance the performance, power efficiency, and reliability of designs using our open and flexible platform, which has been adopted by numerous companies across various industries.

Job Description

We are seeking a highly skilled Silicon Photonics Design Engineer to join our photonic design team. The successful candidate will be responsible for the development, design, layout, and integration of various Silicon, SiN, and Heterogenous Si-IIIV based components for our OpenLight silicon photonics PDK.

Key Responsibilities
  • Design and model silicon and SiN photonic optical components, including Mach-Zehnder Interferometers and modulators, ring resonators and modulators, multimode interference couplers, directional couplers, waveguides, Bragg gratings, etc.
  • Design and model Si and III-V based components, such as photodetectors, amplitude- and phase-modulators, Semiconductor Optical Amplifiers, Lasers, etc.
  • Perform photonic integrated circuit CAD layout of integrated optical components and circuits.
  • Perform engineering-level test-data analysis to optimize and validate optical component performance.
  • Perform statistical analysis of large production datasets to validate performance over process and drive yield improvements.
  • Collaborate with process engineers to define and optimize device structures and processes, and drive yield improvements for devices and PICs.
  • Develop compact models for optical components in OpenLight's silicon photonics PDK.
  • Drive device-centric failure analysis.
Requirements
  • Ph.D. in Electrical Engineering, Applied Physics, or a related discipline.
  • Hands-on experience with designing passive Si/SiN and/or active III-V photonic integrated circuit devices.
  • Proficiency in photonics design and simulation tools, including mode solvers, FDTD, beam propagation, and scattering matrix modeling.
  • Strong understanding of semiconductor processing and how process variations interact with photonic component performance.
  • Hands-on experience with testing of integrated optical devices at wafer and/or die level is a plus.
  • Proficiency in programming with scripting languages, preferably Python.
  • Experience with statistical analysis of large datasets using statistical software or toolboxes, such as JMP, is a plus.
  • Familiarity with commercial layout tools is a plus.
  • Strong problem-solving, communication, organizational, interpersonal, and presentation skills.