Photonics Process Integration Engineer

OpenLight; Santa Barbara (CA); On-site; USD 140,000 - 190,000; Full time

Job summary

OpenLight is seeking a Photonics Process Integration Engineer to manage the heterogeneous Silicon-III-V wafer process within the OpenLight foundry. You will coordinate with silicon front end processing, bonding, and back-end wafer processing, ensuring high-volume manufacturing readiness.

The role requires hands-on experience with silicon photonics, metrology, and device data analysis, plus leadership in process development and yield improvement efforts.

Qualifications

• PhD in Electrical Engineering, Applied Material Science, Applied Physics or related field.
• MS degree with 2-5 years of relevant experience may also be considered.
• Proven track record in silicon photonics or heterogeneous Si-III-V processing preferred.

Responsibilities

• End-to-end fabrication lot management with detailed fabrication plans and reviews.
• Lead process development for silicon/silicon nitride devices and integration with external foundries.
• Analyze inline metrology data and generate SPC and PCM results for yield improvement.
• Oversee wafer bonding initiatives and identify yield-limiting factors; design of experiments to enhance yield.
• Track process issues with external foundries and drive failure analysis with internal teams.
• Develop control plans and specifications to ensure manufacturability and product compliance.
• Contribute to PDK modules and future process roadmap.

Skills

Problem solving

Communication

Organizational skills

Presentation skills

Statistical analysis

Photolithography

Plasma etching

Planarization

Metrology techniques

Data analysis

Failure analysis

Device data analysis

Education

PhD in Electrical Engineering

MS degree with 2-5 years experience

Tools

Ellipsometry

Profilometry

SEM

TEM

AFM

Job description

OpenLight is seeking a Photonics Process Integration Engineer to manage the heterogeneous Silicon-III-V wafer process within the OpenLight foundry. You will coordinate with silicon front end processing, bonding, and back-end wafer processing, ensuring high-volume manufacturing readiness.

The role requires hands-on experience with silicon photonics, metrology, and device data analysis, plus leadership in process development and yield improvement efforts.