Senior PIC Architect — Hybrid, Impactful Photonics & AI

OpenLight; San Francisco (CA); Hybrid; USD 170,000 - 265,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

ISOs

Insurance support

401k matching

Unlimited vacation

Job summary

OpenLight is seeking a senior leader to drive the design, implementation, and delivery of photonics integrated circuits with optical gain and lasers on our heterogeneous silicon-III/V photonic platform.

You will collaborate across customers, business development, design, layout, test, and reliability teams to ensure performance meets applications in data centers, LiDAR, optical computing, and sensing.

Qualifications

• Ph.D. in Electrical Engineering, Applied Material Science, Applied Physics or related discipline.
• 10+ years of relevant work experience (professional and PhD experience combined).
• Deep understanding of photonic integrated circuits and their components.
• Experience coordinating with customers and cross-functional teams.

Responsibilities

• Define, design, simulate, layout, and test silicon photonic circuits with customers and teams.
• Map product requirements to the OpenLight platform; define timelines and deliverables.
• Derive requirements for reference PIC designs and present results to stakeholders.
• Coordinate packaging, interface, and fabrication requirements with relevant teams.
• Identify and prioritize new components for the PDK roadmap and ensure feasibility.

Skills

Photonic ICs

High-speed testing

Cross-functional work

Communication

Education

Ph.D. in Electrical Engineering

Tools

PIC design tools

Job description

OpenLight is seeking a senior leader to drive the design, implementation, and delivery of photonics integrated circuits with optical gain and lasers on our heterogeneous silicon-III/V photonic platform.

You will collaborate across customers, business development, design, layout, test, and reliability teams to ensure performance meets applications in data centers, LiDAR, optical computing, and sensing.