Silicon Photonics Design Engineer for Laser Systems

Socket.dev; Boston (MA); Hybrid; USD 200,000 - 225,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health Care Plan

Retirement Matching

Equity grants

Hybrid workplace model

Training & Development

Job summary

Lightmatter is seeking a Photonics Design Engineer to design, layout, and test silicon photonics devices for an integrated laser system. You will collaborate with photonics, packaging, systems, and software teams to ensure designs meet performance targets and align with product requirements.

The role requires a PhD with 3+ years in silicon photonics, proficiency in Python, and experience with Lumerical and Tidy3D.

Qualifications

• PhD in Electrical Engineering, Physics, Photonics or related field with at least 3 years of industry experience.
• Experience in silicon photonics device design, layout and testing in a product development setting.
• Proficiency with modelling and data analysis in Python.
• Experience with integrated lasers and SOAs.
• Excellent collaboration and communication across multidisciplinary teams.

Responsibilities

• Design and optimise silicon photonic devices for laser systems (couplers, muxes, rings, switches).
• Layout device test structures and complex integrated photonic systems.
• Collaborate with characterisation, packaging, and systems teams to meet performance specs.
• Develop and execute test plans, analyse results, and troubleshoot issues.
• Publish photonics results and contribute to conferences.

Skills

Silicon photonics design

Python data analysis

Integrated lasers/SOAs

Communication skills

Problem solving

Education

PhD in Electrical Engineering, Physics, Photonics or related

Tools

Lumerical

Tidy3D

Job description

Lightmatter is seeking a Photonics Design Engineer to design, layout, and test silicon photonics devices for an integrated laser system. You will collaborate with photonics, packaging, systems, and software teams to ensure designs meet performance targets and align with product requirements.

The role requires a PhD with 3+ years in silicon photonics, proficiency in Python, and experience with Lumerical and Tidy3D.