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Salary: USD 130,000 - 230,000 / annual
OpenLight Photonics is seeking a Senior PIC (Photonic Integrated Circuit) Designer to join the PIC Architecture team. You will own engineering activities across prototype and development stages for PIC-based optical products built on heterogeneous III-V and silicon photonics platforms. This role bridges design, test, operations, and reliability to ensure successful development, qualification, and release of photonic ASICs.
Key Responsibilities:
- Own engineering activities across prototype and development stages for PIC-based optical products
- Support design and layout reviews for PICs, ensuring adherence to design rules and manufacturability
- Perform data analysis on device and system-level measurements to evaluate performance trends and variability
- Drive debug, root cause analysis, and performance optimization across process and design variations
- Interface with test engineering teams to define test plans, requirements, and measurement methodologies
- Interface with system engineering to provide thermal models, support EVT/DVT testing, and PIC system test
- Generate, maintain, and update design documentation, test reports, characterization summaries, and product datasheets
- Ensure PIC performance meets specifications and compliance requirements
- Collaborate with operations and reliability teams to support qualification, yield improvement, and product release
OpenLight Photonics is an innovative start-up commercializing a cutting-edge heterogeneously integrated silicon photonics platform with a PDK supporting customers designing Photonic ASICs for communications, LIDAR, quantum computing, sensing, and more. The company holds over 300 patents covering integration of active and passive components onto silicon photonics chips. The role offers a hybrid schedule with three days per week in office, flexibility to choose your in-office days, and opportunities for growth in a collaborative start-up environment.
Requirements:
- M.S. or Ph.D. in Optics, Physics, Electrical Engineering, Materials Science, or related field
- Minimum 1–2 years of relevant industry or research experience in photonics or semiconductor devices
- Detail-oriented with strong documentation discipline
- Ability to work in a fast-paced development environment
- Ability to interpret large datasets and extract actionable insights
- Good understanding of optical components and systems, including lasers (e.g., DFB), modulators (e.g., EAM), photodetectors, and silicon photonics platforms
- Proficient in data analysis tools like JMP and Python (NumPy, Pandas, plotting)
- Experience with test data analysis, characterization, and statistical evaluation
- Strong analytical and problem-solving skills
- Effective cross-functional communication skills
