Staff Photonics Layout Architect: Tapeout-Ready Innovations

Lightmatter, Inc.; Northern (KY); Hybrid; USD 175,000 - 230,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Retirement Savings Matching Program

Life Insurance

Generous Time Off

Paid Family Leave

Short Term & Long Term Disability

Training & Development

Flexible, hybrid workplace model

Equity grants

Job summary

Lightmatter is hiring a Staff Photonics Design and Layout Engineer to join our rapidly growing team. You will floorplan, design and layout block- and chip-scale photonic circuits and support products through the full development cycle from concept to tapeout.

You will leverage our industry-leading photonics integration and verification flow to ensure blocks meet performance targets. Join a tight-knit team that builds innovative integrated photonics from the ground up and thrives in diverse

Qualifications

• MS + 10 years or PhD + 3 years of industry experience in Electrical Engineering, Physics, Photonics, or related discipline.
• Excellent understanding of fundamental concepts of silicon photonics.
• Familiarity with a wide variety of silicon photonics devices, knowledge of performance metrics and design trade-offs.
• Proficiency with Python.
• Experience with script-based photonic circuit design and layout using GDSFactory or similar.
• Demonstrated track record of multiple photonic tapeouts.
• Excellent communication skills, with demonstrated ability to collaborate effectively with multidisciplinary teams.
• Demonstrated ability to independently work on both highly constrained and loosely defined problems.

Responsibilities

• Understand product requirements and work with customer-facing teams to help identify optimal photonics solutions.
• Work on clean sheet design and layout of block- and system-level photonic circuits.
• Work with analog, digital and packaging teams to ensure seamless integration of on-chip photonics with other subsystems.
• Perform rigorous layout-driven photonic simulation and verification. Identify performance bottlenecks and troubleshoot issues.
• Help develop and improve photonic layout, verification and integration flows for multiple photonic processes and foundries.
• Contribute to proprietary PDK development.
• Engage in problem solving and contribute to new photonic chip designs and architectures.
• Publish novel results, and participate in premier optics/photonics conferences.

Skills

Python programming

silicon photonics knowledge

tapeouts experience

excellent communication

independent problem solving

Education

MS + 10 years or PhD + 3 years in EE/Physics/Photonics

Tools

GDSFactory

Cadence Virtuoso

Job description

Lightmatter is hiring a Staff Photonics Design and Layout Engineer to join our rapidly growing team. You will floorplan, design and layout block- and chip-scale photonic circuits and support products through the full development cycle from concept to tapeout.

You will leverage our industry-leading photonics integration and verification flow to ensure blocks meet performance targets. Join a tight-knit team that builds innovative integrated photonics from the ground up and thrives in diverse