Photonics Engineer

What you'll do

• Lead tapeouts of photonic and optoelectronic components and circuits; build AI-driven component development pipelines, initially focused on layout.
• Collaborate with foundry partners through design, fabrication, and testing cycles, using PDK constraints and feedback to improve devices.
• Contribute to photonic design, simulation, layout, testing, and system-level experiments, and integrate components into quantum computing systems.

What they ask for

• Master's or PhD in Electrical Engineering, Physics, or a related field, or 4+ years of experience with photonic integrated circuits (PICs).
• Practical understanding and experience across PIC workflows, from simulation and layout to experimentation and control.
• Strong Python skills and a demonstrated record of engineering-work automation, including with AI tools.
• Technical impact evidenced by publications, patents, or shipped products.

Nice to have

• Experience with PIC simulation or layout tools, applied ML or AI for device design or layout optimization, or a foundry PDK and its design-rule constraints.
• Experience with optical systems for atomic physics, quantum or other physics-heavy hardware, or photonic design automation, large-scale layout, high-volume testing, or systems control.

Pay

$128,000 - $208,000 USD base salary

Tools

Python, Lumerical, Tidy3D, gdsfactory, KLayout, gdspy, IPKISS

AI focus

Own and build AI-driven component development pipelines, initially focused on layout; use or apply AI tools and potentially ML/AI methods such as inverse design, Bayesian optimization, and LLM-assisted design or layout workflows.