PsiQuantum

PsiQuantum

Senior Integrated Photonics Engineer - Active Devices and Circuits

Palo Alto, California, United States · Senior

Sponsorship not specifiedDetected 2 days ago
AlgorithmsData AnalysisANSYSEMI/EMCElectrical EngineeringCOMSOL

About the role

  • The hiring level and scope for this role will be calibrated to the selected candidate's experience and strengths.
  • Candidates with relevant PhD/postdoctoral exposure, as well as those with additional industryexperience, are encouraged to apply.
  • A successful candidate is expected to have hands-on experience and knowledge in active photonic technologies such as electro-optic phase shifters, switches, modulators, and related components.

Responsibilities

  • Design, simulate, and optimize novel integrated photonic devices and photonic integrated circuits for quantum computing
  • Take a leading role in photonic tapeouts, including hands-on layout, DOE and circuit design, planning, and interfacing with stakeholders such as packaging teams and electronic driver designers
  • Collaborate with dedicated test and lab teams to
  • Develop new test methods when needed
  • Develop and implement new analysis methods as necessary
  • Collaborate across multidisciplinary engineering teams to build, test, and characterize high-performance photonic chips and assemblies, including assembly-level characterization of builds that integrate photonic circuits, PCBs, drivers, and related hardware.

Requirements

  • MS or PhD in electrical engineering, applied physics, optical engineering, or related discipline
  • PhD with relevant exposure to integrated photonics and electro-optic devices required; 3+ years of industry experience in integrated photonics technologies is strongly preferred, experience includes:
  • Deep expertise in integrated photonic devices-including both passive and active components-with a strong focus on electro-optic phase shifters and modulators (e.g., in thin-film lithium niobate, BTO, doped silicon, or III-V materials such as InP, GaAs, AlGaAs, InGaAsP); experience with high-speed operation (10 GHz bandwidth and beyond) and experimental characterization is a strong plus.
  • Experience in the design and modeling of photonic and electro-optic components using industry-standard tools such as Ansys Lumerical, Tidy3D, COMSOL Multi-physics, Meep, etc.

Nice to have

  • 3+ years of industry experience in integrated photonics technologies is strongly preferred, experience includes:
  • PhD with relevant exposure to integrated photonics and electro-optic devices required
  • experience with high-speed operation (10 GHz bandwidth and beyond) and experimental characterization is a strong plus.
  • Knowledge in modeling of photonic circuits (e.g using Lumerical Interconnect or SAX) is a plus.

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