Innovative Photonics IC Layout Engineer

Salience Labs; Oxford; Hybrid; GBP 60,000 - 90,000; Full time

Job summary

Salience Labs is seeking a Photonic Layout Engineer in the United Kingdom to contribute to the physical design, verification and development of advanced integrated photonic devices. You will translate device requirements into fabrication-ready layouts and support tests and characterization with cross-functional teams.

You will work with photonic design, testing and broader engineering colleagues, employing Python and layout tools to automate workflows and improve reliability.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree or equivalent in Physics, Photonics, Electrical Engineering, Optical Engineering, or related discipline.
• Experience in integrated photonics, photonic IC layout, semiconductor IC layout or design verification.
• Hands-on experience creating physical IC or photonic layouts using Python or other layout and EDA software.
• Strong programming capability, ideally with Python or another relevant language.
• Ability to explain and discuss software projects in detail.
• Understanding of integrated photonics and the broader semiconductor IC industry.
• Knowledge of photonic IC design and fabrication flows.
• Understanding how layout decisions interact with device design, fabrication and performance.
• Collaborative across multidisciplinary engineering teams.
• Strong attention to detail and ability to resolve verification issues.
• Clear communication skills.
• For more experienced candidates, around two or more years of relevant work in integrated photonics or IC layout.

Responsibilities

• Develop physical layouts for integrated photonic components, structures and larger photonic designs.
• Translate photonic device and circuit requirements into fabrication-ready layouts.
• Perform design verification, including DRC and LVS.
• Support designs through the full layout and verification process.
• Develop and improve software-based workflows for photonic layout and design automation.
• Use Python and relevant semiconductor or photonic design tools to create, manipulate and verify layouts.
• Maintain and contribute to internal component and design libraries.
• Support the development of appropriate test and characterisation structures.
• Review layouts for design integrity, fabrication constraints and potential sources of failure.
• Collaborate closely with photonic design, testing and wider engineering teams.
• Contribute to improvements in layout methodology, tooling and verification processes.
• Help make photonic design workflows increasingly repeatable, reliable and efficient.
• Over time, take ownership of increasingly complex layout work, progressing to larger designs and full verification.

Skills

Python programming

Layout design

DRC/LVS verification

Team collaboration

Attention to detail

Education

Bachelor's degree in Physics, Photonics, Electrical Engineering, Optical Engineering, or related

Tools

EDA tools

Python-based layout tools

Job description

Salience Labs is seeking a Photonic Layout Engineer in the United Kingdom to contribute to the physical design, verification and development of advanced integrated photonic devices. You will translate device requirements into fabrication-ready layouts and support tests and characterization with cross-functional teams.

You will work with photonic design, testing and broader engineering colleagues, employing Python and layout tools to automate workflows and improve reliability.