Voyant Photonics
Senior Silicon Photonics Design Engineer (Remote)
$140K–$200K
Remote · Remote · Senior · Full-time · Posted Oct 20, 2026
- Experience
- No specific number of years stated; an M.S. requires significant relevant industry experience as an alternative to a Ph.D.
- Education
- Ph.D. in Electrical Engineering, Applied Physics, Photonics, or a related field, or an M.S. with significant relevant industry experience.
About the job
Designs and develops silicon photonic components from simulation and layout through foundry tapeout and characterization, supporting optical circuit switching and chip-scale LiDAR products.
What you'll do
- Design, simulate, and optimize passive and active silicon photonic components and their performance.
- Develop layouts and test structures, and drive designs through foundry tapeouts with manufacturing partners.
- Analyze characterization and wafer-measurement data to validate designs and guide improvements.
What they ask for
- Strong background in silicon photonic component design, electromagnetic simulation, and device optimization.
- Demonstrated experience designing integrated photonic devices and bringing designs through silicon photonics foundry tapeouts.
- Solid understanding of waveguide optics, photonic device physics, and semiconductor fabrication processes.
- Proficiency with photonic simulation tools such as Ansys Lumerical, Tidy3D, COMSOL, or equivalent.
Nice to have
- Experience with silicon photonic switches, phase shifters, or advanced passive components.
- Experience with silicon nitride waveguides, multilayer or heterogeneous photonic platforms, or O-band and C-band design.
Pay
$140K – $200K (base salary)
Tools
Ansys Lumerical, Tidy3D, COMSOL, Python, MATLAB
AI focus
Designs photonic components for optical circuit switches used in AI data centers; no AI model development is stated.
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