Senior Photonic System Modeling Engineer

Advanced Micro Devices, Inc.; San Jose (CA); Hybrid; USD 150,000 - 190,000; Full time

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Job summary

Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. (AMD) seeks a seasoned Photonic Systems Engineer to lead modeling efforts for photonic devices and systems.

You will develop and apply simulation frameworks to drive design decisions, predict system behavior, and optimize performance across photonic components and architectures. You will build accurate, scalable models capturing optical performance, power efficiency, reliability, and signal integrity, and collaborate with cross-functional teams to ensure

Qualifications

• PhD or Master’s degree in a related discipline preferred.
• Extensive experience in photonic device and system modeling and simulation.
• Experience with co-simulation and verification of optical-electrical systems.

Responsibilities

• Lead photonic device and system modeling efforts to enable design decisions and performance optimization.
• Develop SystemVerilog-based models for optical system-level simulation and co-verification with electronic subsystems.
• Perform time-domain modeling and simulation using Python and Julia to analyze transient behavior and signal integrity.
• Correlate simulation results with lab measurements and refine model accuracy.

Skills

Photonic modeling

Simulation frameworks

SystemVerilog

Python

Julia

Education

PhD or Master’s degree in related discipline

Tools

Lumerical

VPIphotonics

OptiSystem

COMSOL

SystemVerilog

Python

Julia

Job description

Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. (AMD) seeks a seasoned Photonic Systems Engineer to lead modeling efforts for photonic devices and systems.

You will develop and apply simulation frameworks to drive design decisions, predict system behavior, and optimize performance across photonic components and architectures. You will build accurate, scalable models capturing optical performance, power efficiency, reliability, and signal integrity, and collaborate with cross-functional teams to ensure