Taara
Senior High-Speed Photonic Design Engineer
$220K–$270K
Sunnyvale, CA · Hybrid · Senior · Full-time · Posted Sep 17, 2026
- Experience
- Five or more years of relevant industry experience with demonstrated achievements in photonic circuit designs.
- Education
- Ph.D. in Electrical Engineering, Applied Physics, Materials Science, or a related field.
About the job
Designs high-speed photonic and electronic integrated modules for wireless optical communication systems using integrated optical phased arrays.
What you'll do
- Own photonic transmitter and receiver architecture, modulator and detector design, and RF/microwave transmission-line design in large-scale photonic integrated circuits.
- Deliver high-speed photonic integrated circuit designs and contribute to system-level optimization and product strategy.
What they ask for
- Ph.D. in Electrical Engineering, Applied Physics, Materials Science, or a related field.
- Extensive expertise in high-speed photonic modulator and detector design, RF/microwave design, optical modulation formats, and photonic link modeling.
- Experience with RF/microwave, photonic device, and optical link simulation software (or equivalent).
- Hands-on experience with multiple tapeouts at commercial foundries.
Nice to have
- Experience in photonic spectral filter design; Python, Git, and gdsfactory; DRC/LVS; or commercial layout verification software such as Calibre.
- Experience advancing a product from prototype to final production.
Pay
$220,000 - $270,000 USD inclusive of bonus at target (salary range)
Tools
HFSS, ADS, Lumerical, VPIphotonics, Lumerical Interconnect, Python, Git, gdsfactory
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