Integrated Photonics Technical Leader - Acacia

Job posting may be removed earlier if the position is filled or if a sufficient number of applications are received .

The application window is expected to close on 7/17/26.

Job posting may be removed earlier if the position is filled or if sufficient number of applications are received.

This role can be performed from any location within the United States.

Meet the Team

The Photonic Integrated Circuits (PIC) team is a small, dynamic group that develops advanced photonics chips for optical communications products.

Your Impact

Design, simulation, layout, and testing of photonic components and circuits. You will work very closely with the entire PIC team covering a wide variety of directions, including silicon photonics and III-V device designs, simulation, foundry process development, production tapeout, PIC testing, and production support. You will also work closely with millimeter wave design team, packaging team, and module hardware / software / optics testing team in building complete products.

Key Essential Functions:

Design and numerical modeling of passive and active photonic components, including high speed devices based on hybrid integration

Script-based GDS layout of photonic components, circuits, and full product chips

Minimum Qualifications:

Bachelors +8 years, Masters +6 years, or Ph.D. +3 years of optical engineering, electrical engineering, material science, physics and related fields

Experience with solid-state physics, integrated photonics, and opto-electronics

Experience with photonics numerical simulation principle and tools, such as FDTD, HFSS, COMSOL and etc.

Experience in photonic device process and fabrication

Experience with photonic device layout and tapeout

Preferred Qualifications:

Experience in hybrid integration of different material systems

Experience in photonic devices based on thin-film lithium niobate

Experience with designing, simulating and testing of high speed electronic or optical devices

Experience with photonic component testing

Experience with large-scale photonic circuit tape-outs in commercial foundries

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