Principal Silicon Photonics IC Designer

InvestedintheMission; Redmond (WA); On-site; USD 165,000 - 270,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Company shuttles

Stock options

Medical insurance

401(k) plan

Paid vacation

Paid holidays

Parental leave

Disability insurance

Life insurance

Job summary

SpaceX is seeking a Sr. Silicon Photonics Design Engineer (RFIC Engineering) in Redmond, WA. You will design, analyze, and simulate cutting-edge photonicIC building blocks, collaborating with cross-disciplinary teams to deploy PICs for space and ground infrastructures.

You will leverage RF/analog expertise and high-speed optical design experience to deliver hardware-software partitions, layout, and automated test lab support. Excellent qualifications include advanced degrees and tools exposure.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in electrical engineering, computer engineering, or computer science.
• 5+ years of photonics or electro-optical integrated circuit design.

Responsibilities

• Design, analyze, and simulate optical building blocks such as MZM and Microring modulators, Ge Photo diodes, dWDM filters, waveguides, couplers, dividers and polarization management circuitry in silicon photonics and InGaAs/InP platforms.
• Derive specifications for the Photonics IC systems and circuits.
• Design and model package optical interface including edge coupler and grating couplers.
• Familiar with RF, Analog and mixed signal circuits.
• Work with system architects, DSP, electro-optics, and ASIC engineers to partition functions between hardware and software domains.
• Perform IC floor planning and layout.
• Evaluate, characterize and measure electrical and optical building blocks of a high-speed optical link solution.
• Assist in the development of automated test lab equipment for lab measurements.
• Work with manufacturing engineers on production testing and qualification of the PIC circuits and systems.
• Experience using simulation tools such as Lumerical, COMSOL and HFSS.

Skills

Photonic IC design

RF/Analog circuits

Lumerical

HFSS

Spectre

ADS

RFIC design experience

Education

Bachelor's degree in EE/CE/CS

Master's or PhD preferred

Tools

Lumerical

COMSOL

HFSS

Spectre

ADS

Job description

SpaceX is seeking a Sr. Silicon Photonics Design Engineer (RFIC Engineering) in Redmond, WA. You will design, analyze, and simulate cutting-edge photonicIC building blocks, collaborating with cross-disciplinary teams to deploy PICs for space and ground infrastructures.

You will leverage RF/analog expertise and high-speed optical design experience to deliver hardware-software partitions, layout, and automated test lab support. Excellent qualifications include advanced degrees and tools exposure.