Senior PIC Architect — Silicon Photonics & LiDAR Solutions

Index Search Group

Santa Clara, Northern (CA, KY)

Hybrid

USD 140,000 - 190,000

Full time

30 hours ago
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Long-term incentive opportunities
Health insurance
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Life insurance
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Job summary

Index Search Group seeks a PIC Architect to design and deliver photonic integrated circuits for data center, LiDAR, optical computing, and sensing. You will translate customer requirements into photonic solutions, drive definition, design, simulation, layout, and testing of silicon photonic circuits, and lead across multiple programs with customers and internal teams.

The role emphasizes technical leadership, deep PIC architecture experience, and collaboration with engineering, BD, and packaging

Qualifications

  • Ph.D. in Electrical Engineering or related discipline preferred; Master’s/Bachelor’s considered.
  • 5+ years of relevant experience; 10+ years total including Ph.D./research preferred.
  • PIC Architect or Senior PIC Designer experience highly preferred.
  • Strong PIC design/architecture and understanding of photonic IC layouts.

Responsibilities

  • Design, implement, and deliver PICs on silicon-III-V platform; include lasers, modulators, detectors.
  • Translate customer requirements into photonic architectures; drive design, simulation, layout, and testing.
  • Lead technical discussions with customers and internal teams across programs.
  • Define feasibility studies, timelines, and deliverables; transition products from development to production.

Skills

PIC design
Customer-facing
Cross-functional
Photonic components
Silicon photonics
Lifecycle understanding
Technical leadership
Reliability
High-speed testing

Education

Ph.D. in Electrical Engineering
Master's degree
Bachelor's degree

Tools

Simulation tools
Layout tools
Photonic design tools
Test equipment

Job description

Index Search Group seeks a PIC Architect to design and deliver photonic integrated circuits for data center, LiDAR, optical computing, and sensing. You will translate customer requirements into photonic solutions, drive definition, design, simulation, layout, and testing of silicon photonic circuits, and lead across multiple programs with customers and internal teams.

The role emphasizes technical leadership, deep PIC architecture experience, and collaboration with engineering, BD, and packaging

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