Senior PIC Architect

Openlight
Santa Barbara, CA$147k–$220kPosted Jun 24, 2026
Skip to main content Senior PIC Architect OpenLight Santa Barbara, CA Apply Join or sign in to find your next job Join to apply for the Senior PIC Architect 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 PIC Architect OpenLight Santa Barbara, CA 4 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 PIC Architect 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 $147,000.00/yr - $220,000.00/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 OpportunityThe candidate will be responsible for the design, implementation, and delivery of photonics integrated circuits (PICs) with optical gain and lasers in the OpenLight proprietary heterogenous silicon-IIIV photonic platform, for applications including data center communications, LiDAR, optical computing, and sensing. The candidate will work cross-functionally with and ensure alignment between customers, business development, component design, layout, test, and reliability engineers in order to deliver PICs that meet expected performance and applications. The candidate will play a critical role in bringing new products to market.What You Will DoDrive the definition, design, simulation, layout, and test of silicon photonic circuits working with customers and across functional teams within OpenLightWork with customers to map their product requirements onto OpenLight proprietary heterogenous silicon-IIIV photonic platform. Perform initial feasibility studies, define program timelines and deliverablesUse industry standards and trends to derive requirements for OpenLight reference PIC designsUse commercial and custom-built tools to design and model custom PICs. Present results to customers and internal...

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