Flexcompute

Flexcompute

Agentic Photonic Design Engineer

Watertown, Massachusetts, United States

Sponsorship not specifiedDetected 36 days ago
PythonC++Machine LearningLLMsAgentic AIElectrical EngineeringRF Engineering

About the role

  • PhotonForge unifies component simulation, circuit simulation, compact modeling, layout generation, PDK integration, and foundry handoff into a single platform backed by Flexcompute's GPU-accelerated Tidy3D multi-physics solvers.
  • Preference may be given to candidates based in the Boston area who are open to in-person or hybrid work.

Responsibilities

  • Design Agentic & AI-Native Workflows • Build agentic tools and automation that help engineers set up layout, simulation, and verification with less manual friction. • Prototype and ship AI-powered features inside PhotonForge and adjacent developer experiences (e.g., scripted flows, assistants, workflow agents).
  • This is a software development role at the intersection of photonic design automation, EDA integration, and agentic AI.
  • You'll extend our end-to-end platform for photonic integrated circuit (PIC) design, working in Python and navigating a C++ codebase to ship production integrations and AI-native workflows.
  • Develop and maintain integrations between PhotonForge and industry-standard EDA tools for layout, DRC, LVS, and schematic-driven design.
  • Build Python-based APIs and automation scripts that connect PhotonForge to existing toolchains; read, debug, and extend C++ components where integrations touch the core platform.
  • Design Agentic & AI-Native Workflows
  • Build agentic tools and automation that help engineers set up layout, simulation, and verification with less manual friction.
  • Drive Physics & Application Workflows
  • Work with end users on real-world design challenges in quantum photonics, RF photonics, co-packaged optics, or silicon photonics.
  • Develop application workflows and reference designs across component simulation, circuit simulation, compact modeling, and layout.

Requirements

  • Degree (MS or PhD preferred) in electrical engineering, applied physics, photonics, or a related field.
  • Experience with agentic AI frameworks, LLM-based automation tools, or AI product development

Benefits

  • Experience training or fine-tuning ML/AI models (reinforcement learning, surrogate modeling, physics-inspired neural networks, vision-language models, and similar approaches)

Company info

  • We're looking for an Agentic Photonic Design Engineer to join the PhotonForge team.
  • Contributions to open-source photonics or EDA tooling What We Offer

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