Cryogenic Photonics Design & Fabrication Engineer

Great Sky, Inc.; Boulder (CO); On-site; USD 120,000 - 190,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Meaningful equity ownership

Employer-matched 401(k)

Health, dental, vision, and life

Flexible PTO

Learning and conference support

Job summary

Great Sky, Inc. in Boulder, CO seeks a Photonics Fabrication and Design Engineer to own end-to-end prototype fabrication in a research cleanroom and drive photonic and superconducting device workflows.

You will design SiN passive components, optimize fabrication processes, contribute to PDk libraries, and collaborate with test and systems teams to accelerate design-build-test-learn cycles for scalable hardware.

Qualifications

• BS/MS/PhD in physics, electrical engineering, optics, materials science, or related field.
• Hands-on microfabrication or nanofabrication experience.
• Experience on silicon photonics, silicon nitride, or superconducting electronics.
• Proficiency with EM simulation tools such as Ansys Lumerical or Tidy3D.
• Familiarity with photonic layout and DRC concepts and tools.

Responsibilities

• Own end-to-end prototype fabrication runs in a research cleanroom.
• Develop, optimize manufacturable fabrication processes for integrated photonic and superconducting devices.
• Design, simulate and optimize passive SiN photonic components (grating couplers, splitters, mode converters, edge couplers, optical I/O).
• Establish SOPs and Processes of Record; contribute to PDk libraries.
• Collaborate with test, packaging, and systems teams to correlate device performance with fabrication metrics.

Skills

Hands-on microfabrication

Prototype fabrication

Device performance analysis

Education

BS, MS or PhD in physics, electrical engineering, optics, materials science, or related field

Tools

Ansys Lumerical

Tidy3D

KLayout

Luceda

Cadence

Job description

Great Sky, Inc. in Boulder, CO seeks a Photonics Fabrication and Design Engineer to own end-to-end prototype fabrication in a research cleanroom and drive photonic and superconducting device workflows.

You will design SiN passive components, optimize fabrication processes, contribute to PDk libraries, and collaborate with test and systems teams to accelerate design-build-test-learn cycles for scalable hardware.