Lead Silicon Photonics Device Engineer

Socket.dev; United States; On-site; USD 85,000 - 146,000; Full time

Job summary

GlobalFoundries in the United States is seeking a data-driven engineer to improve silicon photonic device performance and manufacturability. You will perform data mining, data analysis, and contribute to device/test structure simulation and coordination.

This role requires mastery of silicon photonics, Cadence, Lumerical, HFSS, and macro design, with 2 years of relevant experience. Travel up to 10% may be required.

Qualifications

• Education – Master’s Degree or foreign equivalent in Electrical Engineering, Computer Engineering or a related field of study.
• Experience – 2 years of progressively responsible post-baccalaureate experience in job offered or related role.
• Requires 2 years of experience in: (1) Silicon photonics, electrical engineering/computer engineering or device physics background and one (1) year of experience in: (2) Coding capability (Python, Rcode, etc.), (3) Simulation tool skills (Lumerical, Cadence), (4) PDK to tapeout flow experience for customer designs, (5) Macro design capability, (6) SKILL language experience in Cadence to generate pcells for PDKs, (7) HFSS experience.

Responsibilities

• Improve the performance and manufacturability. Perform data mining, data analysis, and macro design for experiments.
• Work on open-source software enablement and development projects in the silicon photonics area to improve the capability of device/macro design and simulation.
• Complete ownership of a technology module, accountable for prioritization of projects based on business need, delegation of tasks to extended module team, lead for definition of improvement experiments and hardware disposition.
• Sustain and improve manufacturing technologies by ensuring product quality, reducing defectivity, improving process stability (Cp/Cpk), and increasing processing efficiency.
• Detect line issues through data analysis and drive appropriate containment and resolution in a timely manner to limit impact to yield and delivery.
• Collaborate with device/process modules in driving development work for new production technologies.
• Drive cost reductions through expense elimination, line and test yield improvement, and efficiency improvements.

Skills

Silicon photonics

Python

Lumerical

Cadence

HFSS

Macro design

SKILL language (Cadence)

Rcode

Education

Master’s Degree in Electrical Engineering or Computer Engineering

Tools

Cadence

Lumerical

Job description

GlobalFoundries in the United States is seeking a data-driven engineer to improve silicon photonic device performance and manufacturability. You will perform data mining, data analysis, and contribute to device/test structure simulation and coordination.

This role requires mastery of silicon photonics, Cadence, Lumerical, HFSS, and macro design, with 2 years of relevant experience. Travel up to 10% may be required.