Senior / Distinguished Member of Technical Staff — Silicon Photonics Engineer
About The Position
Micron Technology is a world leader in innovating memory and storage solutions that accelerate the transformation of information into intelligence, inspiring the world to learn, communicate and advance faster than ever. Micron’s Interface Pathfinding team operates at the leading edge of that mission — driving performance-scaling innovation across circuits, signaling, packaging, and interconnects with a 3–5 year technology horizon. A critical new dimension of that work is optical interconnect — and we are hiring a photonics engineer to establish and lead that technical discipline within the team. As a Silicon Photonics Engineer, you will be the team’s resident photonics subject-matter expert — guiding technology selection, independently evaluating partner PIC designs, co-specifying test-chip architectures with the electrical I/O team, and building the technical foundation for photonic interconnect at Micron.
Requirements
- MS or PhD in Electrical Engineering, Physics, Photonics, or related field
- 10+ years of experience in silicon photonics, photonic integrated circuit design, or optical interconnect development
- At least one silicon photonics fabrication cycle (PIC tape-out or MPW shuttle run) in a primary design or integration role
- Proficiency with photonic simulation tools (Lumerical, Synopsys OptoDesigner, Photon Design, or equivalent)
- Solid understanding of silicon photonics process fundamentals — waveguide design rules, modulator and photodetector device physics, and PDK-based design flow
- Experience developing optical link budgets and evaluating photonic link performance (insertion loss, coupling efficiency, modulation depth, BER)
- Strong written communication skills — this role produces technology assessments and specifications, not just simulations
- Proficient in leveraging AI for productivity
Nice To Haves
- Familiarity with foundry PDKs for silicon photonics (AIM Photonics, GlobalFoundries, Tower, TSMC COUPE, or equivalent)
- Experience with co-packaged optics or optical I/O for compute or memory applications
- Post-silicon optical characterization experience — correlating simulated photonic performance to measured results on real hardware
- Familiarity with high-speed electrical PHY architectures (SerDes, DDR, or die-to-die interfaces) and how they mate with photonic front-ends
Responsibilities
- Serve as Micron’s internal SME on silicon photonics — evaluate competing optical interconnect approaches and provide grounded, data-driven technology recommendations to program leadership.
- Independently verify and critically assess partner PIC designs — run simulations, validate performance claims, perform sensitivity and tolerance analyses, and identify design risks that partners may understate.
- Collaborate with the electrical I/O team to define test-chip features, test structures, and measurement interfaces required to evaluate photonic link performance.
- Develop optical link budgets, define modulation format and wavelength strategy, and establish loss, power, and BER targets for photonic interconnect proof-of-concepts.
- Build photonic behavioral models (Verilog-A, real-number modeling, or equivalent) that integrate into the team’s mixed-signal co-simulation environment — enabling system-level analysis across the electrical-optical boundary.
- Define optical test and measurement requirements for post-silicon bring-up.
- Author technology assessments, link budget analyses, partner design reviews, and test-chip specifications that serve as the authoritative reference for photonic interconnect decisions.
Benefits
- Choice of medical, dental and vision plans
- Benefit programs that help protect your income if you are unable to work due to illness or injury
- Paid family leave
- Robust paid time-off program
- Paid holidays
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Senior
