Silicon Photonics - Reference Design Engineer

Job Summary

The Silicon Photonics Reference Design team is looking to support increasing customer adoption of the GlobalFoundries SiPh platform through reusable reference designs, design methodologies, validation vehicles, and application demonstrations. This role will accelerate customer time-to-design, improve PDK and design ecosystem quality, and enable next-generation optical interconnect solutions for datacenter, AI, and communication markets.

The candidate should have strong background in: 1. Silicon photonics device physics, circuit design fundamentals, circuit design flows.

Title

Silicon Photonics Integrated Circuit Design Engineer

Responsibilities

• Design the various silicon photonics circuits PICs for pluggables, NPO and CPO applications and to meet target specifications
• Design simulation and layout of the designed circuits
• Measure the design on hardware and analyze the results
• Analyze the impact of device characteristics on circuit-level performance
• Understand the critical circuit specifications which are important for achieving system-level performance
• Help with automation and other efficiency improvement projects

Other Responsibilities

• Work closely with PDK, modeling, test, packaging, and applications teams to improve platform usability.
• Identify gaps in customer design flows and drive ecosystem improvements.
• Perform all activities in a safe and responsible manner and support all Environmental, Health, Safety Security requirements and programs.

Required Qualifications

• Requires Master s Degree (M.S/M.Tech) with specialization in Electronics or Photonics Engineering (Photonics and related fields) from a reputed university, with good academic records and with minimum 6 years of experience or a PhD with specialization in Photonics or Integrated Optics from a reputed university, with good academic records with 3+years of experience
• Must be self-motivated and excellent team player
• EDA design tools and Physical verification flow knowledge like LVS, DRC, PEX, EMIR is required.
• Scripting in Perl, Python and AI enabled tools for accelerating design cycle time
• Must have good technical verbal and written communication skills and ability to work with cross functional global teams
• Be able to collaborate with program and technical design leads on multiple concurrent projects.

Preferred Qualifications

• Knowledge in various Siph devices, process and characterization techniques is desired
• Patents and publications will be a good advantage.
• Exceptional Spoken and Written Proficiency in English
• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills.
• Strong ability to learn and explore new technologies, opportunities, and continuous improvement.
• Ability to interact effectively with both external and internal customers at all levels and from various cultural backgrounds.

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