Voyant Photonics
Principal PIC (Photonic Integrated Circuit) Design Engineer
$200K–$280K
New York Office (HQ) · On-site · Principal · Full-time · Posted Oct 27, 2026
- Experience
- Ph.D. with 5+ years of relevant industry experience; 7+ years of hands-on silicon photonic integrated circuit design experience.
- Education
- Ph.D. in Electrical Engineering, Applied Physics, Photonics, or a related field.
About the job
Leads the architecture, design, tapeout, and characterization of large-scale silicon photonic integrated circuits for optical switching and LiDAR applications.
What you'll do
- Architect and integrate large-scale PICs, defining optical systems, link budgets, and performance trade-offs.
- Own chip integration, layout, design verification, foundry tapeouts, and characterization strategies.
- Provide technical leadership and collaborate with multidisciplinary teams and foundry partners.
What they ask for
- Ph.D. in Electrical Engineering, Applied Physics, Photonics, or a related field.
- 7+ years of hands-on silicon photonic integrated circuit design experience.
- Track record taking complex silicon photonics designs through foundry tapeouts and silicon validation/characterization.
- Expertise in photonic device physics, waveguide theory, silicon and silicon nitride fabrication, and DFM.
Nice to have
- Experience designing photonic switches, high-speed optical phase shifters, or ultra-low-loss passive components.
- Experience with SiN integration, multi-layer routing, or heterogeneous integration.
Pay
USD $200K – $280K base salary
Tools
Ansys Lumerical, Tidy3D, COMSOL, KLayout, gdsfactory, Python, MATLAB
AI focus
The role designs optical circuit switches for AI data centers; no AI development work is stated.
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