Optical Engineer III

Peer Consulting Resources Inc.

Job Location:

Redmond, WA - USA

Monthly Salary: Not Disclosed

Posted on: 17 hours ago

Vacancies: 1 Vacancy

Job Summary

Contact Details:

1. Saravanan Ganesan

Email :

Phone:

Job Title: Optical Engineer III
Location: Redmond WA
Duration: 6 Months
Years of Experience: 5 Years
Required Hours/Week: 40 Hours/Week

Duties and Responsibilities:

Design end-to-end PICs (components full circuits including active devices).
Create fabrication-ready layouts aligned with foundry PDKs.
Perform simulation optimization and parametric analysis.
Support full lifecycle: concept design tapeout.
Collaborate with TPMs researchers and cross-functional teams.

Required Skills and Experience:

PIC Design & Simulation: 3 years designing simulating and laying out PICs for visible/IR wavelengths. Experience across full PIC flow (component circuit level)
Photonic Modeling Tools: 3 years using tools like Lumerical Ansys Photonics Synopsys RSoft or COMSOL.
PIC Layout & GDSII: 2 years with layout tools (KLayout Cadence Virtuoso gdsfactory). GDSII generation design rule verification PDK integration
Tapeout / Foundry Experience: 1 years supporting or executing PIC tapeouts at commercial foundries. Understanding of fabrication constraints (loss roughness etch effects).
Programming: 2 years using Python or MATLAB for scripting / automation / analysis.

Preferred Skills:

Circuit-Level Simulation: 2 years with tools like Lumerical Interconnect OptSim or VPIphotonics.
Device Characterization & Testing: 2 years in optical/electro-optic measurements.
Optics & Packaging: 1 years with fiber optics free-space optics PIC packaging.
Fabrication Awareness: 1 years understanding semiconductor fabrication variability & performance limits.
Design for Manufacturability: Experience incorporating fabrication constraints into PIC designs (feature size optimization bend radius tapering loss reduction techniques).

Education:

MS or Ph.D. in Electrical Engineering Optical Sciences Physics or related field

Contact Details: 1. Saravanan Ganesan Email : Phone: Job Title: Optical Engineer III Location: Redmond WA Duration: 6 Months Years of Experience: 5 Years Required Hours/Week: 40 Hours/Week Duties and Responsibilities: Design end-to-end PICs (components full circuits including ac...