Senior Silicon Photonics IC Engineer (PIC)

Intel; Santa Clara (CA); On-site; USD 191,000 - 312,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Stock bonuses

Health benefits

Retirement plan

Vacation

Job summary

Intel's Integrated Photonics Solutions (IPS) team seeks a Silicon Photonics Integrated Circuit Engineer to define, design, and optimize photonic ICs for AI datacenter and telecom applications. You'll work from concept through validation and manufacturing, shaping high-performance photonic technologies.

Join a collaborative, cutting-edge group focused on silicon photonics, LVS/DRC familiarity, and delivering reliable, scalable PIC solutions across high-volume production.

Qualifications

• Master's degree OR PhD with 6+ years industry experience.
• Experience developing photonic integrated circuits from concept to high-volume manufacturing.
• Design, simulate, and test complex PICs with budget analyses and performance indicators.
• Proficiency with optical design tools such as Lumerical, RSoft, Tidy3D, Matlab or Python.
• Experience leading PIC tape-outs.
• Familiarity with layout tools such as Cadence, KLayout, Synopsys OptoCompiler, or GDSFactory.

Responsibilities

• Architect, design, and optimize complex active and passive silicon photonic ICs.
• Develop and execute plans for chip design, layout, tape out, test, validation, and performance debug.
• Collaborate cross-functionally with foundries, validation teams, manufacturers, and quality/reliability groups.
• Conduct data analysis, reliability, qualification, and delivery of known-good-die solutions.
• Design and simulate photonic IC systems using advanced modeling tools.
• Drive high-volume manufacturing enabling flows and ensure seamless integration of photonic technologies.
• Develop technical documentation and test content to support the silicon photonics chip lifecycle.

Skills

Photonic integrated circuits

PIC tape-outs

Lumerical tools

Layout tools Cadence/KLayout

Matlab/Python

Education

Master's degree OR PhD with >=6 years industry experience

Tools

Lumerical

RSoft

Tidy3D

Harold

Photon Design

Matlab

Python

Job description

Intel's Integrated Photonics Solutions (IPS) team seeks a Silicon Photonics Integrated Circuit Engineer to define, design, and optimize photonic ICs for AI datacenter and telecom applications. You'll work from concept through validation and manufacturing, shaping high-performance photonic technologies.

Join a collaborative, cutting-edge group focused on silicon photonics, LVS/DRC familiarity, and delivering reliable, scalable PIC solutions across high-volume production.