PsiQuantum
Silicon Photonics Engineer
Palo Alto, California, United States · Full-time
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About the role
- The ideal candidate is comfortable moving between theoretical modeling and practical implementation, with strong intuition for both photonic device physics and layout realization within foundry process constraints.
- Particularly, this position is focusing on efforts for complex switching circuit application.
Responsibilities
- Interacts with device, hardware, and system design teams to assist in overall development of photonic systems and devices.
- Supports foundry tape outs with photonic device design, design of experiments, layout, design verification, PDK development, and software development.
- Develops comprehensive documentation for tapeouts.
- Provides multi-disciplinary support to component and systems teams by resolving technical issues associated with components, parts, or systems.
- Applies quantitative analysis in determining root cause of highly technical problems and proposes, develops, and implements solutions for corrective action.
- Strong computational and analytical skills applied to photonic device design and performance evaluation.
Requirements
- 5 years of relevant work or academic research experience in integrated photonics.
- Knowledge, Skills and Abilities:
- Extensive experience with photonic design using commercial software platforms such as Lumerical simulation suite.
- PhD or equivalent in Electrical Engineering or Physics.
Skills
- In-depth knowledge of photonic devices, including performance metrics and testing techniques.
- Photonic layout experience using tools such as IPKISS, gdsfactory, or equivalent.
- Extensive experience with Python for scientific applications and data analysis.
Compensation
- $115,000 - $145,000 USD
- Bay Area Pay Range
- $140,000 - $164,000 USD
Benefits
- Education: PhD or equivalent in Electrical Engineering or Physics.
Company info
- Note: PsiQuantum will only reach out to you using an official PsiQuantum email address and will never ask you for bank account information as part of the interview process.
- We are not accepting unsolicited resumes from employment agencies.
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