Senior Silicon Photonics Design Engineer (Fully Remote)

Voyant Photonics; United States; Remote; USD 110,000 - 180,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Catered lunch daily

Job summary

Voyant Photonics is a NYC-based company advancing silicon photonics to power high-speed LiDAR and optical switches. The team engages hands-on hardware development and collaborates closely with customers across time zones.

The role focuses on designing and optimizing silicon photonic components, testing layouts, and driving tapeouts through reviews with foundry partners. A Ph.D. or MS with relevant photonics experience is preferred.

Qualifications

• Ph.D. in EE or Applied Physics or MS with relevant photonics background.
• Strong background in silicon photonics design and simulation.
• Proficiency with Lumerical, Tidy3D, or COMSOL.

Responsibilities

• Design, simulate, and optimize passive and active silicon photonic components.
• Develop component layouts and test structures, collaborating with layout engineers.
• Drive component development through foundry tapeouts, including design reviews.

Skills

Silicon photonics design

Photonic device simulation

Team collaboration

Education

Ph.D. in Electrical Engineering / Applied Physics

M.S. with relevant experience

Tools

Lumerical

Tidy3D

COMSOL

Job description

• Design, simulate, and optimize passive and active silicon photonic components.
• Develop component layouts and test structures, collaborating with layout engineers.
• Drive component development through foundry tapeouts, including design reviews.

Qualifications:

• Ph.D. in Electrical Engineering, Applied Physics, or related field, or M.S. with relevant experience.
• Strong background in silicon photonic design and simulation.
• Proficiency with tools like Lumerical, Tidy3D, or COMSOL.

Life at Voyant:

• Hands-on work in NYC, with flexible scheduling around customer time zones.
• High-trust, high-accountability environment with meaningful ownership.
• Catered lunch daily; diverse, collaborative culture.

Voyant Photonics pushes the boundaries of silicon photonic chips that steer and switch light at high speed, powering next-generation LiDAR for robotics and optical switches for AI data centers. Based in NYC, they are a hands-on team designing and deploying frontier hardware.