Staff/Principal PIC Design Engineer

(depending on experience)

Key Responsibilities:

• Own the design and simulation activity of key passive and active components within the Oriole PDK
• Lead the design customisation of high performance key photonic building blocks within a commercial foundry PDK
• Work collaboratively within the Oriole PIC team on mask layout and take the lead on tape-out cycles into a commercial foundry
• Compose, analyse and deliver design specifications and other documentation within the Oriole Photonics supply chain.
• Support collaborative activities between Oriole and its suppliers
• Provide analysis and drive parts of Oriole's technology roadmap
• Drive test development and data analysis activities

Essential Skills:

• PhD in Physics with a focus on Photonics, Semiconductors or Optical Networks.
• +10 years of relevant professional experience in Photonics Industry or academia
• Strong simulation skills in photonics (FDTD, EME) and hands on experience with commercial relevant software
• In depth knowledge of device physics and design of III-V semiconductor optical devices such as lasers, optical amplifiers, modulators and detectors
• Experience on passive Si/SiN photonics design, simulation, layout and characterisation.
• In depth understanding of photonic process integration and understanding of processing limitations on PIC performance (principles of design for manufacture)
• Hands on experience with III-V epitaxial layer design using commercial or self-developed tools
• Experience on designing high speed optical devices such as modulators and detectors for high baud rates and multi-level modulation formats.
• Good understanding of Photonic device manufacturing principles, Design for manufacture, yield improvement, Design for test and reliability.
• Use of ML/AI methodologies or other computational optimisation techniques in photonic design simulations
• Good understanding of PIC parameter impact on system performance (e.g. such as BER, link budget, power penalties etc), any system modelling experience.

Desired Skills:

• Photonic device characterisation, hands on experience with testing methodologies for wafer level and die level test
• High speed RF design characterisation
• Strong Layout/Mask Design skills using commercial photonic layout tools (e.g. Synopsys, GDS Factory, Nazca, Klayout)
• RF simulation experience
• Strong programming skills (preferably Python), and familiar with version control methodology
• Good understanding of Optical networks and Applications of photonics for AI in data centres
• Excellent Communication and presentation skills, team working
• Good understanding of photonics industry trends for AI (new materials)
• Agentic approach to photonic design, test or analysis automation.