Senior Photonics Design Engineer - SOA

Openlight
San Francisco, CA$162k–$215kPosted Jul 4, 2026
Skip to main content Senior Photonics Design Engineer - SOA OpenLight San Francisco Bay Area Apply Join or sign in to find your next job Join to apply for the Senior Photonics Design Engineer - SOA role at OpenLight Email or phone Password Show Forgot password? Sign in Sign in with Email or New to LinkedIn? Join now By clicking Continue to join or sign in, you agree to LinkedIn’s User Agreement, Privacy Policy, and Cookie Policy. Senior Photonics Design Engineer - SOA OpenLight San Francisco Bay Area 2 weeks ago Be among the first 25 applicants See who OpenLight has hired for this role Apply Join or sign in to find your next job Join to apply for the Senior Photonics Design Engineer - SOA role at OpenLight Email or phone Password Show Forgot password? Sign in Sign in with Email or New to LinkedIn? Join now By clicking Continue to join or sign in, you agree to LinkedIn’s User Agreement, Privacy Policy, and Cookie Policy. Save Report this job OpenLight provided pay range This range is provided by OpenLight. Your actual pay will be based on your skills and experience — talk with your recruiter to learn more. Base pay range $162,000.00/yr - $215,000.00/yr Additional compensation types RSUs Direct message the job poster from OpenLight Petra Pino Petra Pino High-growth, full lifecycle scaling of Engineering & Product Teams in their critical Series A-E and growing pre- and post-IPO teams exponentially… The RoleAs part of OpenLight’s Silicon Photonics (SiPh) team, you will be responsible for the development, design, and integration of Semiconductor Optical Amplifiers (SOAs) in OpenLight’s heterogeneous silicon-IIIV photonic platform.You’ll work on device design, defining characterization and validation, and building compact models for OpenLight’s PDK, using your knowledge of III-V opto-electronic device theory, data analysis, and optical modeling. You'll also work cross-functionally with PIC architects, RF, process, layout, test and reliability engineers to define, design, integrate and validate high-power and high-speed optoelectronic devices using OpenLight’s SiPh technology.What You Will DoDesign and simulate SOAs and other optoelectronic components, and execute development runsDefine device CAD layouts in close collaboration with process and layout engineersDevelop compact models for III-V devices in OpenLight’s SiPh PDKWork with process engineers to define and optimize the device structures and processesWork closely with test engineering to define the test scope and requirements for devices on both wafer and die levelsWork with...

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