Staff Photonics Design and Layout Engineer

Highlights

• Design block- and chip-scale photonic circuits for AI data centers.
• Take photonic products from clean-sheet concept to tapeout and bring-up.
• Help advance the world's first 3D-stacked photonics engine, Passage.

What they offer

• New hire equity grant and annual performance-based equity
• Comprehensive health care plan (medical, dental & vision)
• Retirement savings matching program
• Generous time off and paid family leave
• Life insurance and disability coverage
• Training & development and commuter benefits

Ideal candidate

Experienced photonics engineer who thrives in collaborative, multidisciplinary teams and loves taking ambitious ideas from clean sheet to silicon. You care about solving hard integration challenges and shaping next-generation AI compute.

Requirements

• MS + 10 years or PhD + 3 years industry experience in Electrical Engineering, Physics, Photonics or related discipline
• Excellent understanding of fundamental concepts of silicon photonics
• Familiarity with silicon photonics devices, performance metrics and design trade-offs
• Proficiency with Python
• Experience with script-based photonic circuit design and layout using GDSFactory or similar
• Demonstrated track record of multiple photonic tapeouts
• Excellent communication skills and ability to collaborate with multidisciplinary teams
• Ability to independently work on highly constrained and loosely defined problems