Applied Materials · 2 days ago
Sr. Photonics Design engineer
Santa Clara, CA
Full-time
Onsite
Senior Level
$176K/yr - $242K/yr
5+ years expApplied Materials is a global leader in materials engineering solutions used to produce virtually every new chip and advanced display in the world. The Sr. Photonics Design Engineer will collaborate with design and foundry partners to establish advanced photonics technology capabilities for next generation optical interconnect, focusing on Si photonics technology applications in hyperscale and AI computing.
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Responsibilities
Expert level understanding of advanced Si photonics technology, devices such as laser, to explore innovation of new optical devices
Collaborate with multi-disciplinary design teams to ensure the PIC design is well considered and validated to integrate with other critical components, in optical mechanical and module fabrication processes, in hardware circuit and controls etc
Bring up new photonics features in custom opto-electronic hardware
Perform tests, improve test procedures and analyze data to enable improvements in device performance and product yield
Work closely with teams developing laser, package, photonic, and electronic circuits to ensure product success
Work with system architecture to define photonics interconnect need for hyperscale, AI computing, and network switching / routing system
Qualification
Required
PhD degree in Engineering, Physics, Photonics or related technical field
5-10 years of industry experience in designing or managing optoelectronics component design and development
At least 3 years of industry experience with Si photonics
Experienced in leading the development of Si photonics PIC solutions
Expertise with photonic design tools, such as Lumerical, Tidy3D, COMSOL, RSoft
Need to have hands on experience on using cadence virtuoso. Should have done tape out with the like of Global Foundry, Tower Jazz or other silicon photonics fab
Strong knowledge on high speed optoelectronics device design
Good knowledge on CMOS semiconductor process
Good knowledge on semiconductor wafer backend and package ecosystem
Good knowledge on EDA or EPDA tools for PIC design, simulation and tape out process
Benefits
Comprehensive benefits package
Participation in a bonus and a stock award program
Company
Applied Materials
Applied Materials is a semiconductor and display equipment company that offers materials engineering solutions.
10001+ employees
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Funding
Current Stage
Public CompanyTotal Funding
$2.1BKey Investors
Stonnington GroupUS Department of Energy
2025-02-24Post Ipo Debt· $2B
2023-06-27Post Ipo Equity· $0.38M
2022-10-19Grant· $100M
Leadership Team
Omkaram Nalamasu
Senior Vice President and Chief Technology Officer
Tony Chiang, Ph.D
VP, CTO Applied AI
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