Silicon Photonics Design Engineer

Nokia; Puglia; Ibrido; EUR 65.000 - 90.000; Tempo pieno

Vantaggi offerti da questo lavoro

Flexible and hybrid working schemes

Maternity and Paternity Leave (min. 90

Life insurance

Descrizione del lavoro

Nokia in Bari, Puglia, seeks a Silicon Photonics Design Engineer to drive design, testing and validation of PIC-based photonic devices across R&D and production.

You will collaborate with multidisciplinary teams to meet system requirements and optimize device performance, using Lumerical, HFSS and ADS, and programming in Python or C/C++. MS or PhD and 2+ years of hands-on silicon photonics experience are required, with strong communication of requirements to engineers.

Competenze

• Hands-on experience in silicon photonic device design, characterization and modeling.
• Strong understanding of optics and electromagnetics.
• Experience with cross-functional teams across IC, packaging and test.

Mansioni

• Own the design, characterization, and modeling of silicon photonic devices.
• Collaborate with mix of IC, packaging and test teams to enable co-design.
• Define and implement test plans and verify performance against requirements.

Conoscenze

Silicon photonics design

Programming (Python/C++)

Optical/RF simulation

Cross-functional collaboration

Device characterization

Formazione

MS or PhD in Electrical Engineering, Photonics, or Applied Physics

Strumenti

Lumerical

HFSS

ADS

Descrizione del lavoro

As a Silicon Photonics Design Engineer, you will help develop silicon photonics IC-based products from design to fabrication and testing. You will work with a multidisciplinary team to deliver innovative photonic devices and large-scale circuits, shaping photonics-enabled connectivity. The role emphasizes cross-functional collaboration to meet system-level requirements and drive design validation. This is an opportunity to impact advanced photonic integration within a leading, inclusive tech company focused on secure, scalable connectivity.

• Flexible and hybrid working schemes
• Maternity and Paternity Leave (min. 90 days)
• Life insurance
• Own Tx and/or Rx PIC designs and communicate performance requirements to cross‑functional teams
• Evaluate optical link budgets, RFEO performance, and power consumption to verify against requirements
• Define test requirements and collaborate with test teams to develop comprehensive test plans
• Generate PIC performance documents to track performance across R&D and production variants
• Evaluate new design approaches and drive device‑level and system‑level optimization
• Interface with mixed‑signal IC, substrate, packaging, and simulation teams to ensure co‑design/co‑optimization of photonics chips
• MS or PhD in Electrical Engineering, Photonics, or Applied Physics
• Hands‑on experience in silicon photonic device design, characterization, and modeling
• Proficient with optical and RF simulation tools (Lumerical, HFSS, ADS) and photonic circuit design
• Proficient in Python or C/C++ with solid understanding of optics and electromagnetics
• 2+ years of experience in silicon photonics design, testing, and characterization
• collaboration across multidisciplinary teams
• strong communication of requirements to engineers
• problem solving and critical thinking
• device‑level modeling and characterization
• optical and RF simulation

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