Senior MM-Wave IC Designer: Opto-RF Co-Design Lead

Aylight; Zürich; On-site; CHF 90,000 - 130,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Direct impact on core hardware architecture

Meaningful equity participation

Collaboration with leading research groups

Small team with full ownership of your domain

Job summary

Aylight in Zurich is seeking a Senior IC Designer to own the full RFIC design cycle for high-frequency electronic subsystems. The role includes ensuring the packaging strategy for photonic modules and involves close collaboration with the PIC team.

Applicants should have a PhD in Electrical Engineering and a minimum of 5 years of IC design experience. Aylight offers competitive salaries benchmarked to Zurich’s semiconductor standards and a dynamic working environment with minimal bureaucracy.

Qualifications

• PhD in Electrical Engineering, Applied Physics, or a related field is required.
• Minimum 5 years of IC design experience with demonstrated tapeouts at high frequencies.
• Hands-on expertise in high-frequency semiconductor processes.

Responsibilities

• Own the RFIC design cycle from architecture to tapeout.
• Lead packaging strategy for photonic modules.
• Work with the PIC team on opto-RF co-design.

Skills

IC design experience

InP HBT, GaAs HBT/pHEMT, or SiGe BiCMOS

mm-wave circuit design

EM simulation

mm-wave on-wafer characterisation

optical frequency combs

electro-optic modulator design

Education

PhD in Electrical Engineering

MSc with strong industrial track record

Tools

HFSS

Momentum

Sonnet

ADS

Virtuoso

Job description

Aylight in Zurich is seeking a Senior IC Designer to own the full RFIC design cycle for high-frequency electronic subsystems. The role includes ensuring the packaging strategy for photonic modules and involves close collaboration with the PIC team.

Applicants should have a PhD in Electrical Engineering and a minimum of 5 years of IC design experience. Aylight offers competitive salaries benchmarked to Zurich’s semiconductor standards and a dynamic working environment with minimal bureaucracy.