Photonic Circuit Design Engineer (Silicon Photonics)

Location: Fully onsite in Berkeley, California, United States

Salary: $150,000–$200,000 per year

Company

hirify.global is hiring for a well-funded deep-tech AI hardware startup building energy-efficient optical processing units.

What you will do

• Own photonic integrated circuit layout, DRC/LVS, signoff, and tape-out.
• Build Cadence Photonics and Virtuoso design workflows.
• Design and simulate silicon photonic devices and circuits using GlobalFoundries 45 nm technology.
• Connect photonic integrated circuit and electronic integrated circuit design flows.
• Integrate photonic designs across electronic ICs, packaging, and measurement.

Requirements

• Experience with silicon photonics and photonic circuit design.
• Experience with PIC layout, DRC/LVS, signoff, and tape-out.
• Experience with Cadence Photonics or Virtuoso workflows.
• Experience designing and simulating photonic devices and circuits.
• Ability to work fully onsite in Berkeley, California.

Culture & Benefits

• Work on next-generation photonic computing and energy-efficient optical processing units.
• Significant ownership across the complete photonic design flow.
• Collaborate with silicon photonics engineers across photonic IC, electronic IC, packaging, and measurement disciplines.