Senior Silicon Photonics Foundry Integration Lead

Photonic Inc.; Coquitlam; On-site; CAD 117,000 - 161,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Stock options

Relocation assistance

Extended health

Dental

Life insurance

Long term disability

Employee assistance program

Parental leave top-ups

Flexible spending account

Job summary

Photonic is seeking a Senior Foundry Integration Engineer to lead the development and maturation of silicon photonic fabrication processes through close partnership with external commercial foundries.

In this highly cross‑functional role, you will own integration strategy, accelerate learning through structured experimentation, and help drive our technologies from development into stable, ramped production.

Qualifications

• Master’s or PhD in Electrical Engineering, Physics, Materials Science, or a closely related field.
• 3+ years of industry experience in process integration or semiconductor fabrication.
• Hands‑on experience with commercial semiconductor foundries.
• Strong understanding of process integration and cross‑module interactions in both foundry and university settings.
• Experience and intuition in silicon photonics fabrication and design.
• Demonstrated ability to design experiments, analyze data, and drive data‑informed technical decisions.
• Excellent communication skills across organizational boundaries.

Responsibilities

• Own and execute process integration plans across external commercial foundries to mature fabrication flows.
• Define, organize, and drive experiments to accelerate learning and drive product performance.
• Design experiments, analyze fabrication and measurement results, and synthesize data into clear technical conclusions.
• Define next step process improvements and development priorities based on experimental outcomes.
• Lead technical engagement with foundries, including aligning on integration intent, process assumptions, and learning objectives.
• Translate system level and device level requirements into actionable fabrication strategies.
• Collaborate closely with internal teams across nanofabrication, design, modeling, yield, and systems to produce chips supporting our core technology.
• Ultimately drive successful production ramp of chips through improved yield, reproducibility, and process robustness.

Skills

Process integration

Semiconductor fabrication

Foundry collaboration

Experimental design

Data-driven decisions

Education

Master's or PhD in Electrical Engineering, Physics, Materials Science, or related field

Job description

Photonic is seeking a Senior Foundry Integration Engineer to lead the development and maturation of silicon photonic fabrication processes through close partnership with external commercial foundries.

In this highly cross‑functional role, you will own integration strategy, accelerate learning through structured experimentation, and help drive our technologies from development into stable, ramped production.