Hyperlight

Hyperlight

Senior/Staff Physical Verification and PDK Engineer

Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States · Staff+

Sponsorship not specified$150k-$225kDetected 32 days ago
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About the role

  • We believe in integrity, innovation, collaboration, and pragmatic solutions, and we take pride in tackling hard problems with curiosity, humility, and a deep sense of care for one another.

Responsibilities

  • Own physical verification for our TFLN-on-silicon-photonics stack, including deck architecture, partitioning, hierarchy and runtime, results triage, and waiver workflow.
  • Lead HyperLight's internal and cross-platform design rule checks for this platform.
  • Own our heterogeneous PDK end to end - architecture, model integration, release and qualification criteria, documentation, and support.
  • Support active tapeouts on this program.

Requirements

  • Photonics, TFLN, and electro-optic device experience are not required.
  • We have deep in-house expertise and will teach you.
  • Either 6+ years of relevant work experience or equivalent experience through an advanced degree (M.S. or Ph.D.) in Electrical Engineering, Computer Engineering, Physics, or a related field.

Nice to have

  • Experience with physical verification of multi-die, 2.5D, or 3D integrated products, including interface and assembly-level checks.
  • Experience with advanced-node or advanced-packaging foundry flows and design enablement.
  • Experience hiring and/or growing engineers and owning a broad technical scope.
  • Authorization to work in the US is required.
  • HyperLight is an equal opportunity employer.
  • HyperLight is committed to providing reasonable accommodations to individuals with disabilities during our hiring process.
  • If you need assistance or an accommodation, please contact us at HR@hyperlightcorp.com.

Skills

  • Stand up and run DRC and LVS signoff using tools such as Synopsys IC Validator and Siemens Calibre.

Compensation

  • $150k-$225k

Company info

  • Founded in 2018 and backed by leading venture capital, we've built a team and a platform focused on real-world mass deployment of TFLN photonics technology.
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