Senior Silicon Photonics Design & System Engineer

Hardware FYI; Santa Clara, Northern (CA, KY); Hybrid; USD 164,000 - 269,000; Full time

Job summary

Intel in California is seeking an experienced engineer to advance photonics components and silicon photonics platforms. You will design, simulate, and optimize lasers, detectors, modulators, and IP for high-speed optical communication products.

The role involves system modeling, test planning, and collaborating with cross-functional teams to push performance, power, and reliability while exploring new architectures and packaging concepts.

Qualifications

• Master's or PhD in Electrical Engineering, Physics, or a related field with silicon photonics focus.
• Experience with high-speed optical communication transceivers and component design.

Responsibilities

• Defines and drives photonics components development and topology of photonics ICs.
• Architects, designs, simulates, and develops lasers, SOAs, passives, detectors, modulators.
• Performs tolerance analysis and optimizes for performance, power, area, reliability.
• Drives test chip execution including design, layout, tapeout, test and validation.
• Analyzes test data to identify gaps and guide improvements.
• Develops modeling methodologies and test strategies; pursues new IP.

Skills

High-speed modeling

Silicon photonics

Photonics components

Co-simulation

DSP modelling

CMOS ICs

Education

Master's or PhD in Electrical Engineering/Physics

Tools

Simulink

Matlab

ADS

Lumerical

HFSS

VPI

Job description

Intel in California is seeking an experienced engineer to advance photonics components and silicon photonics platforms. You will design, simulate, and optimize lasers, detectors, modulators, and IP for high-speed optical communication products.

The role involves system modeling, test planning, and collaborating with cross-functional teams to push performance, power, and reliability while exploring new architectures and packaging concepts.