Senior Photonics Fabrication & Design Engineer

Acceler8 Talent; Boulder (CO); Hybrid; USD 120,000 - 180,000; Full time

Job summary

Acceler8Talent in Boulder, CO seeks a Photonics Fabrication and Design Engineer to own end-to-end prototype fabrication in a research cleanroom. You will develop, execute, and optimize processes for integrated photonic and superconducting devices, including SNSPDs, across SiN platforms.

You’ll also help build PDk libraries and design rules, collaborating with test, packaging, and systems teams. The role emphasizes hands-on fabrication, passive photonic design, and translation of experiments into

Qualifications

• Hands-on micro/nanofabrication experience in a research cleanroom.
• Experience fabricating devices using silicon photonics, silicon nitride, or superconducting electronics.
• Strong understanding of passive photonic component design.
• Familiar with layout, design rules and tapeout concepts.
• Experience with photonics layout tools and fabrication design rules.

Responsibilities

• Own end-to-end prototype fabrication runs in a research cleanroom environment.
• Develop, execute, and optimize fabrication processes for integrated photonic and superconducting devices.
• Fabricate devices across silicon nitride photonics and superconducting platforms including SNSPDs.
• Design and optimize passive SiN photonic components: grating couplers, splitters, mode converters, edge couplers.
• Translate experimental processes into SOPs and stable Processes of Record.
• Contribute to internal PDKS, libraries, and design rules.
• Collaborate with test, packaging, and systems teams to correlate performance with fabrication data.
• Analyze results and drive improvements in process and device design.
• Accelerate rapid design-build-test-learn cycles across the photonics platform.

Skills

microfabrication

nanofabrication

semiconductor processing

photonic device design

electromagnetic simulation

photonic layout

KLayout

Luceda

Cadence

experimental fabrication ownership

communication skills

Education

BS/MS/PhD in Electrical Engineering, Physics, Optics, Photonics, Materials Science

Tools

Ansys Lumerical

Tidy3D

KLayout

Luceda

Cadence

Job description

Acceler8Talent in Boulder, CO seeks a Photonics Fabrication and Design Engineer to own end-to-end prototype fabrication in a research cleanroom. You will develop, execute, and optimize processes for integrated photonic and superconducting devices, including SNSPDs, across SiN platforms.

You’ll also help build PDk libraries and design rules, collaborating with test, packaging, and systems teams. The role emphasizes hands-on fabrication, passive photonic design, and translation of experiments into