Principal Silicon Photonics Design Engineer

You will develop passive and active photonic devices for coherent transmitters and receivers, working with cross-functional teams and external foundries to take products from concept through qualification and production.

What You'll Do

• Design, verify and tape out silicon PICs, including integrated coherent transmitters and receivers.
• Develop passive and active photonic components.
• Create PIC layouts using Synopsys OptoCompiler and Cadence Virtuoso-based design flows.
• Develop PCells and scripted layouts for scalable photonic circuit design.
• Perform optical, electrical, RF and electro-optic simulations using tools such as Lumerical, CST, HFSS, Tidy3D and ADS.
• Conduct design-corner analysis and post-layout verification.
• Develop compact models and system-level simulation workflows.
• Partner with external foundries across multiple silicon photonics platforms.
• Collaborate with electronics, packaging, optical systems, test, reliability and manufacturing teams.
• Support prototype validation, qualification and New Product Introduction.
• Improve manufacturability, process robustness, yield and production performance.
• Participate in design reviews and mentor junior engineers.

What You'll Bring

• PhD or master's degree in Electrical Engineering, Applied Physics, Photonics or a related field.
• Five or more years of experience in silicon photonics, integrated photonics or optical communication systems.
• Proven experience with PIC tapeouts, external foundries and photonic process design kits.
• Strong knowledge of photonic device physics, PIC design and coherent optical systems.
• Experience with photonic and electromagnetic simulation tools.
• Knowledge of RF and electro-optic modelling, photonic packaging and fibre coupling.
• Programming experience for simulation automation and data analysis.
• Strong analytical, problem-solving and collaboration skills.
• Authorisation to work in the United States.

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Our ICARE Values

Everything we do is guided by our ICARE values:

• Integrity- Create an environment of trust.
• Collaboration- Innovate through the sharing of ideas.
• Accountability- Own the process and the outcome.
• Respect- Recognise the value in everyone.
• Enthusiasm- Find a sense of purpose in work.