Senior Photonics Design Engineer - SOA
Openlight
San Francisco, CA$162k–$215kPosted Jul 4, 2026
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Senior Photonics Design Engineer - SOA
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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...