Photonic IC Layout & Automation Engineer

Nokia; New York (NY); On-site; USD 120,000 - 145,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health and dental benefits

Life insurance

Employee stock purchase plan

Tuition assistance

Paid time off

Job summary

Nokia is seeking a talented engineer to join our silicon photonics team in New York. You will contribute to the design, fabrication, testing, and analysis of cutting-edge photonic devices and systems-on-chip, collaborating with experienced designers on large-scale silicon photonics circuits.

You will design, develop, and maintain automation tools for fabrication workflows, oversee reticle assembly processes, apply design rule checks, and work in a Linux environment to support end-to-end

Qualifications

• 2-4 years of related experience.
• Strong background in Python, C++, software scripting or software development.
• Experience with version control systems (e.g., Git).
• Knowledge of optical design software and CAD tools (e.g. Lumerical suite and Klayout).

Responsibilities

• Design, develop, and maintain applications and scripts to automate tools and workflows within the photonic chip fabrication process.
• Oversee and manage the assembly and build processes for reticles used in photonic chip manufacturing, ensuring quality and efficiency.
• Understanding of semiconductor or photonic chip manufacturing processes, particularly related to reticle assembly and fabrication
• Implementing design rule checking and design for testing checks.
• Experience with manufacturing automation concepts and protocols (e.g., GDS, DRC, DFT) is highly desirable.
• Maintain and version photonic component process design kits (PDKs).

Skills

Python

C++

Git

Optical design software

KLayout

Tools

Lumerical suite

Klayout

Docker

Kubernetes

Job description

Nokia is seeking a talented engineer to join our silicon photonics team in New York. You will contribute to the design, fabrication, testing, and analysis of cutting-edge photonic devices and systems-on-chip, collaborating with experienced designers on large-scale silicon photonics circuits.

You will design, develop, and maintain automation tools for fabrication workflows, oversee reticle assembly processes, apply design rule checks, and work in a Linux environment to support end-to-end