Integrated Optics Researcher (Photonic Integrated Circuits)

Location: Veldhoven, Netherlands

Company

hirify.global develops lithographic tools for the semiconductor industry, including solutions for faster, smarter, and more energy-efficient chips.

What you will do

• Develop cutting-edge photonic solutions for lithographic and metrology tools and demonstrate their applicability in an industrial context.
• Contribute to photonic system architecture, design, specification, development, and documentation.
• Understand optical sensing concepts and their integrated optics equivalents, along with requirements and technology development needs.
• Design and specify photonic integrated circuits and define experiments for their evaluation.
• Design and specify experimental setups for PIC characterization and conduct laboratory experiments.
• Collaborate with researchers and stakeholders to understand technologies, communicate results, and generate new photonic solutions.

Requirements

• PhD in Electrical Engineering, Physics, or Applied Physics in the field of integrated photonics.
• Experience developing photonic integrated circuits, including design and specification.
• Experience designing photonic components using numerical methods such as FDTD, EME, and FEM, as well as optics modeling software such as Lumerical.
• Experience with experimental evaluation of PICs and designing experimental setups for PIC characterization.
• Experience manufacturing PICs and interacting with foundries.
• Deep understanding of optical sensing concepts and their integrated optics equivalents.
• Proficiency in modeling and designing photonic integrated circuits according to specifications.
• Ability to conduct laboratory experiments and hands-on work.
• Ability to collaborate in a highly skilled multidisciplinary team, propose practical solutions, plan and prioritize work, and demonstrate initiative, analytical thinking, flexibility, commitment, and a result-driven approach.
• Good communication skills and a strong focus on quality.
• Legal authorization to access technology controlled under the United States Export Administration Regulations before beginning work.

Culture & Benefits

• Work in a dynamic, international, multidisciplinary, and highly skilled environment.
• Collaborate with supportive colleagues and researchers rather than working in isolation.
• Flexibility and trust to choose how to approach tasks and solve problems.
• Inclusive workplace with equal-opportunity employment and respect for diverse perspectives.