Photonic Circuit Design Engineer

Acceler8 Talent; Berkeley, Northern (CA, KY); Hybrid; USD 140,000 - 230,000; Full time

Job summary

Acceler8 Talent is partnering with a Berkeley photonic startup to hire a Photonic Circuit Design Engineer. You will own the photonic layout and tape-out flow, connecting the PIC and electronic IC teams and driving integration across design stages.

The role focuses on building workflows with Cadence Photonics and Virtuoso for a 45 nm GlobalFoundries process, designing and simulating silicon photonic devices, and collaborating with packaging and measurement teams to deliver energy-efficient

Qualifications

• Experience owning PIC layout, DRC/LVS, signoff and tape-out.
• Proficient in Cadence Photonics and Virtuoso workflows.
• Familiar with GlobalFoundries 45 nm process technology.
• Design and simulate silicon photonic devices and circuits.
• Collaborate across EIC, packaging and measurement teams.

Responsibilities

• Own PIC layout, DRC/LVS, signoff and tape-out.
• Build Cadence Photonics and Virtuoso workflows.
• Work with GlobalFoundries 45 nm process technology.
• Design and simulate silicon photonic devices and circuits.
• Integrate photonic design with electronics packaging and test.

Skills

Photonic circuit design

Layout and tape-out

DRC/LVS

Silicon photonics

Device/circuit simulation

Photonic design collaboration

Tools

Cadence Photonics

Virtuoso

GF 45 nm process

Job description

Photonic Circuit Design Engineer | Silicon Photonics | PIC Tape-Out | Berkeley, CA

I'm partnering with a Berkeley photonic-computing startup building next-generation photonic compute to hire aPhotonic Circuit Design Engineer

You'll own the photonic layout and tape-out flow connecting the PIC and electronic IC teams

What you'll be working on:

• OwnPIC layout, DRC/LVS, signoff and tape-out
• BuildCadence Photonics / Virtuosoworkflows
• Work withGlobalFoundries 45 nm
• Design and simulate silicon photonic devices and circuits
• Integrate acrossEIC, packaging and measurement

Why join?

• Well-funded deep-tech AI hardware startup
• Building highly energy-efficient Optical Processing Units
• Significant ownership across the complete photonic design flow
• Work alongside leading silicon photonics engineers
• Fully onsite inBerkeley, CA