Integrated Photonics Design Engineer (High-Perf Components)

HyperLight: Jobs; Cambridge (MA); On-site; AUD 171,000 - 320,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health coverage

401(k) retirement plan with employer-m

Paid Parental Leave

Life & disability insurance

Commuter benefits

Professional growth opportunities

Job summary

HyperLight is seeking an Integrated Photonics Design Engineer to lead end-to-end design of high-performance photonic components. You will collaborate with product teams and customers to translate requirements into robust devices, using FE tools for simulation and rigorous measurements to validate performance.

Ideal candidates have 5+ years of relevant experience or an advanced degree in a related field, with hands-on experience across fabrication and testing of PIC devices.

Qualifications

• 5+ years of relevant work experience or equivalent academic qualification (MS/PhD) in Electrical Engineering, Physics, or related field.
• Strong expertise with passive and/or active photonic device component design.
• Strong expertise in finite element analysis of PIC components using the listed tools.
• Hands-on measurements to characterize photonic integrated circuits with precision instruments.
• Experience with data analysis and statistics (e.g., DOE) using JMP or Python.
• Familiarity with the complete PIC engineering process from simulation to operation.
• Excellent organizational and communication skills and cross-disciplinary collaboration.

Responsibilities

• Own end-to-end design and delivery of high-performance device components such as fiber couplers, optical taps, crossings, thermo-optic phase shifters, photodiodes, and high-speed modulators.
• Collaborate with product teams and customers to define design requirements.
• Simulate designs using FE tools and validate with rigorous measurement techniques.
• Analyze measurement and simulation data for performance and robustness.
• Advance fabrication process improvements for optimal device performance.
• Serve as a technical expert guiding engineering decisions and roadmap.

Skills

Photonic device design

FEA simulations

Data analysis & DOE

Communication & collaboration

Education

MS/PhD in Electrical Engineering or Physics

Tools

Lumerical

Tidy3D

COMSOL

Synopsys OptoDesigner

HFSS

Job description

HyperLight is seeking an Integrated Photonics Design Engineer to lead end-to-end design of high-performance photonic components. You will collaborate with product teams and customers to translate requirements into robust devices, using FE tools for simulation and rigorous measurements to validate performance.

Ideal candidates have 5+ years of relevant experience or an advanced degree in a related field, with hands-on experience across fabrication and testing of PIC devices.