Senior Silicon Photonics Characterization Engineer

Arycs Technologies; Los Gatos (CA); On-site; USD 140,000 - 190,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Competitive compensation and incentive

401(k) plan with 3% company matching

Medical, dental, and vision benefits

Flexible paid time off

Flexible work environment

Job summary

Arycs Technologies in California seeks a Silicon Photonics PIC Characterization Engineer to lead advanced PIC testing and validation. You will build and run wafer-scale characterization, dielectric and electrical tests, and drive data-driven insights for performance and reliability.

The role emphasizes automation, scripting in Python/MATLAB, and collaboration with product teams to deliver high-performance coherent PICs for AI, cloud, and edge HPC applications.

Qualifications

• BS, MS, or PhD in Electrical/ Optical/ Photonic Engineering or related field.
• 5+ years in silicon photonics, optical communications, or related field.
• Hands-on experience with commercial wafer-scale probe stations.
• Strong characterization/validation of silicon photonic devices.
• Experience with 56 Gbps per lane optical systems.
• Hands-on BER testing.
• Eye-diagram analysis.
• S-parameter characterization.
• High-speed optical and electrical measurements.
• Strong Python scripting skills (preferred).
• Experience with JMP, Python, MATLAB for analysis.

Responsibilities

• Develop and verify silicon photonics verification and characterization methods for PICs.
• Operate wafer-scale and die-level testing infrastructure and coordinate with vendors.
• Perform high-speed optical/electrical measurements including BER, eye-diagram, and S-parameter tests.
• Correlate wafer-level data with device, subsystem, and system performance.
• Develop automation and data analytics tools to speed yield analysis and learning.

Skills

Python scripting

Electrical/Photonic engineering

BER testing

Education

BS/MS/PhD in Electrical/Optical/Photonic Engineering

Tools

Wafer-scale probe stations

MATLAB

JMP

Job description

Arycs Technologies in California seeks a Silicon Photonics PIC Characterization Engineer to lead advanced PIC testing and validation. You will build and run wafer-scale characterization, dielectric and electrical tests, and drive data-driven insights for performance and reliability.

The role emphasizes automation, scripting in Python/MATLAB, and collaboration with product teams to deliver high-performance coherent PICs for AI, cloud, and edge HPC applications.