Senior Photonics Design Engineer - Passives

OpenLight Photonics • Santa Clara, CA

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About The Position

As a member of OpenLight’s Silicon Photonics (SiPh) team, you will be responsible for the design and validation of passive optical components in OpenLight’s heterogeneous silicon with III-V photonic platform. You will use your deep knowledge of designing passive components for silicon photonics as you work cross-functionally with PIC architects, Process, Layout, and Test Engineers to define, design, fabricate, and validate silicon and silicon nitride passive components.

Requirements

• Ph.D. in Electrical Engineering, Applied Material Science, Applied Physics or related discipline.
• 1+ years of relevant professional experience after your degree.
• 3+ years of experience (including graduate school) with FDTD and EME simulations.
• Strong hands-on knowledge of silicon and silicon nitride photonic devices.
• Proficiency in programming with scripting languages, preferably Python.
• Hands-on experience with photonic device characterization.
• Strong problem-solving, communication, organizational, interpersonal and presentation skills.

Responsibilities

• Design and simulate passive components including multimode interference couplers, direction couplers, polarization beam splitters, adiabatic transitions between waveguide layers, grating couplers, and spot size converters.
• Generate datasheets, application notes, and user guides for devices.
• Define device CAD layouts in close collaboration with process and layout engineers.
• Develop compact models for OpenLight’s SiPh PDK.
• Work with process engineers to define and optimize the device structures and processes.
• Work closely with test engineering to define the test scope and requirements for devices on both wafer and die levels.
• Work closely with PIC and system architects to validate device performance versus specifications.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Senior
• Education Level: Ph.D. or professional degree