Senior Photonics engineer

A unique opportunity to streamline our designs as well as production process.

You recognize potential failures and risks suggest the alternative and secure a TOP design.

To succeed in this position you are experienced in designing photonic building blocks and reference photonic circuits (PIC) and capable to make the connection between related processes simulations and actual performance.

Tasks

• Collaborate and challenge our process and design teams for connecting and optimizing PIC components layouts layers and design rules for manufacturability while keeping the same or better performance.
• Lead and guide a successful integration of building blocks into our semiconductor manufacturing processes.
• Align manufacturing capability to customers needs on performance.
• Contribute to continuous improvement initiatives by supporting Design of Experiments (DOE) and cornerstone studies to identify and improve key processing factors impacting building blocks and reference PIC performance drive their improvements and establish robust design guidelines.
• Identify and troubleshoot potential design and performance issues and propose innovative solutions to improve device performance yield and maturity.
• Drive the development and enhancement of simulation methodologies and tools for improving connection between device performance and manufacturability.
• Participate in improving projects lead and guide the less experienced colleagues to so as well. Guide and share knowledge with process engineers.
• Collaborate closely with our design R&D and manufacturing teams to enrich the content of our PDK;

Requirements

• A PhD degree in Photonics (InP Si or SiN)
• Work experience with a strong focus on the design and optimization of photonic building blocks or integrated circuits for manufacturability.
• Experience with layout and physical design of building blocks and PICs ranging from knowledge of design rules and constraints to simulation techniques using industrystandard simulation tools (e.g. Lumerical RSoft Synopsys PIC Design Suite or similar);
• Has a true Bias for Action; you understand this role comes with time pressure and the need to keep the production running you are capable to make decisions relatively fast take ownership of them and communicate in a excellent matter.
• Solid understanding of optical and electrical characterization techniques for photonic devices;
• Strong analytical and problemsolving skills with the ability to troubleshoot complex design and performance issues;
• Passion to Innovate You like to keep up with emerging technologies and contribute to the advancement of photonic integrated circuit design and manufacturing.

Benefits

As everyone is different we offer a wide variety of possibilities:

• Hybrid work options with 25% remote work possible.
• Investment in your career development by a tailormade career plan in this role a next step could be a Architect position or a Lead position. (depending on your performance and ambition)
• Up to 250 online courses you can follow;
• Chair massage fruit of the office company fitness discount and Lunch Walks;
• We are located at the High Tech Campus a bustling location offering a supermarket all kind of restaurants a gym and network events;
• For people who need a work permit visa and/or relocation we are acknowledged as hightech company and eligible to apply for the highly skilled migrant visa. We also have a relocation package in place.
• Our employees valued teamwork with an 8.8 /10 freedom in their job with an 8.8/10.