Remote-Eligible Photonics Fabrication and Design Engineer

Great Sky; Palo Alto (CA); Hybrid; USD 120,000 - 180,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Equity ownership

401(k) match

Health, dental, vision, and life ins.

Flexible PTO

Learning and development

Job summary

Great Sky in the United States is seeking a Photonics Fabrication and Design Engineer to own the R&D prototyping lifecycle for cryogenic photonic networks. You will fabricate devices in a research cleanroom near Boulder and drive manufacturable SiN photonic components from concept to POR.

The role offers high ownership, opportunities to influence hardware direction, and collaboration with test, packaging, and systems teams to accelerate design-build-test-learn cycles in a fast-moving startup

Qualifications

• BS, MS or PhD in physics, electrical engineering, optics, materials science, or equivalent practical experience.
• Hands-on microfabrication, nanofabrication, or semiconductor processing experience.
• Experience with silicon photonics, silicon nitride, or superconducting electronics.
• Strong background in passive photonic component design and EM simulation tools.
• Knowledge of photonic layout, DRC, and common layout tools is required.

Responsibilities

• Own end-to-end prototype fabrication runs in a research cleanroom environment.
• Develop, execute, and optimize manufacturable fabrication processes for integrated photonic devices and SNSPDs.
• Design, simulate and optimize passive SiN photonic components (grating couplers, splitters, etc).
• Establish SOPs and PORs for stable processes.
• Contribute to internal Process Design Kits and component libraries.
• Collaborate with test, packaging, and systems teams to correlate device performance with fabrication metrics.

Skills

Hands-on microfabrication

Photonic design

Electromagnetic simulation

DRC & layout concepts

Collaboration with test/pkg/systems

Education

BS, MS or PhD in physics, electrical engineering, optics, materials science

Tools

Ansys/Lumerical

Tidy3D

KLayout

Luceda

Cadence

Job description

Great Sky in the United States is seeking a Photonics Fabrication and Design Engineer to own the R&D prototyping lifecycle for cryogenic photonic networks. You will fabricate devices in a research cleanroom near Boulder and drive manufacturable SiN photonic components from concept to POR.

The role offers high ownership, opportunities to influence hardware direction, and collaboration with test, packaging, and systems teams to accelerate design-build-test-learn cycles in a fast-moving startup