Photonics Design Engineer

Responsibilities

• Design/optimize integrated optical components
• Lay out photonic integrated circuits that test devices, demonstrate sub-system capabilities, and are full prototype chips
• Collect and analyze test data from test circuits
• Develop and maintain models of components, informed by underlying physics and measured data
• Provide expertise and support to other Ayo team members

Qualifications

• PhD in optics, electrical engineering, physics or related field with a focus on integrated photonics
• Experience designing, simulating, and testing integrated photonic devices
• Experience using commercial simulation tools (such as Ansys/Lumerical, Tidy3D, Rsoft or similar)
• Has taped out at least once
• Proficiency with Python

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience with script-based device/circuit layout
• Experience designing and laying out photonic integrated circuits
• Experience probing/testing photonic integrated circuits
• Experience designing lasers