Production-Grade PIC Design & Simulation Engineer

Zero Point Motion; West of England; On-site; GBP 65,000 - 90,000; Full time

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Job summary

Zero Point Motion in the UK is building photonic integrated circuits that are not just impressive— but production-ready at scale. As a Photonics Design & Simulation Engineer, you own PIC design from first principles through tape-out and data-driven refinement.

You will work in a highly automated test environment where data is abundant. The role emphasizes iteration speed, measurement-driven updates, and a production mindset for scalable photonics.

Qualifications

• Deep experience in PIC design and simulation.
• Completed multiple PIC tape-outs (preferably at a known foundry).
• Closed the loop between simulation and measurement.
• Excellent Python coding and data analysis skills.
• Strong grasp of statistics and wafer/lot variation.

Responsibilities

• Design PIC components and circuits from scratch.
• Perform layout using KLayout (scripted layout preferred).
• Run and interpret DRC; simulate PICs with listed tools.
• Correlate simulation results with wafer-scale measurements.

Skills

PIC design

Python

Data analysis

Statistics

Experimentation

Tools

Lumerical MODE

Lumerical FDTD

COMSOL Wave Optics

Zemax

Job description

Zero Point Motion in the UK is building photonic integrated circuits that are not just impressive— but production-ready at scale. As a Photonics Design & Simulation Engineer, you own PIC design from first principles through tape-out and data-driven refinement.

You will work in a highly automated test environment where data is abundant. The role emphasizes iteration speed, measurement-driven updates, and a production mindset for scalable photonics.