Lead PIC Design Engineer – High-Speed Optical Switches

IC Resources; Gent; On-site; EUR 90,000 - 120,000; Full time

Job summary

IC Resources in Belgium (Gent) is seeking an experienced Photonics Design Engineer to lead the development of high-speed optical circuit switching technology on an advanced integrated photonics platform. The role focuses on designing switches, PIC circuits, and system-level trade-offs across optical and electronic domains.

You will build and validate prototypes, analyze performance, and collaborate with business development to translate market needs into technical solutions, leveraging your 3+

Qualifications

• Master’s degree or above in Photonics, Electrical Engineering, Physics or a related discipline
• 3+ years’ experience within photonics or high-speed integrated systems
• Strong silicon photonics and PIC design experience, ideally with SOI and/or SiN platforms
• Experience with photonic/waveguide simulation and integrated circuit layout
• Understanding of high-speed electronics, feedback systems and control-loop theory
• Comfortable working across optical, electronic and system-level design
• Strong communication skills and the ability to work independently within a fast-moving R&D environment
• Experience with optical switching architectures, RF/microwave design or system-level modelling of communication and switching networks would be a plus

Responsibilities

• Design innovative optical circuit switches and switching architectures
• Develop PIC optical circuits for high-speed switching demonstrators
• Explore system-level trade-offs including switching speed, insertion loss, crosstalk and scalability
• Design control-loop, bias-control and calibration strategies for fast, stable switching
• Specify the high-speed electronics required to drive and stabilise the optical switch
• Build and validate prototypes and demonstrators
• Analyse performance and feed results back into future platform development
• Work closely with business development to translate market requirements into technical solutions

Job description

IC Resources in Belgium (Gent) is seeking an experienced Photonics Design Engineer to lead the development of high-speed optical circuit switching technology on an advanced integrated photonics platform. The role focuses on designing switches, PIC circuits, and system-level trade-offs across optical and electronic domains.

You will build and validate prototypes, analyze performance, and collaborate with business development to translate market needs into technical solutions, leveraging your 3+