Electro-Optic Process Integration Engineer (Silicon Photonics)

Location: Adliswil, Switzerland

Company

Semiconductor technology company developing silicon photonics-based optical engines and components for enterprise, cloud, AI, carrier, and data center infrastructure.

What you will do

• Identify and develop solutions for integrating novel process steps and materials across manufacturing, assembly, packaging, and testing.
• Work with hardware, packaging, equipment, wafer-level, foundry, supplier, and other external partners to define and implement scalable processes.
• Plan, execute, analyze, and document experiments in internal laboratories and with external partners.
• Translate experimental results into concrete process improvements and transfer processes from feasibility through production readiness.
• Coordinate across internal teams to integrate new processes into existing workflows and assembly sequences.

Requirements

• Master’s degree and/or PhD in Electrical Engineering, Photonics, Material Science, or a related field.
• 3+ years of hands-on experience in process development or integration of novel materials in a photonics or semiconductor environment, including planning and executing DOEs and translating results into process improvements.
• Systems-level understanding of the full manufacturing, assembly, packaging, and testing chain.
• Broad familiarity with advanced packaging, wafer-level processing, PCB or board design, or work with OSATs and equipment manufacturers.
• Solid grounding in integrated photonics device physics and semiconductor fabrication processes.
• Experience working with external foundries or suppliers, including defining project scope and technical requirements, driving collaboration, and managing feedback loops.
• Proactive, self-starting, hands-on approach with ownership of work and consistent delivery of high-quality results.
• Ability to engage as a technical peer with internal cross-functional teams and external engineering partners, build productive long-term relationships, work through complex technical trade-offs independently, and communicate reasoning clearly.
• Flexibility to adapt to shifting priorities, take on new responsibilities quickly, and execute consistently.

Nice to have

• Background in organic electro-optics, organic photovoltaics, or organic electronics.
• Experience with optical device characterization and testing.

Culture & Benefits

• Flexible, open, highly international, diverse, and people-centered work environment.
• Shared collaboration, transparency, and inclusivity.
• Tools and resources to support professional growth and development.
• Eligibility for bonus and equity plans, including a new-hire equity grant and annual equity refreshers.
• Competitive compensation and benefits.

Hiring process

• Interviews evaluate individual experience, thought process, and communication skills in real time.
• AI tools, transcription applications, real-time answer generators, and automated note-taking bots are not permitted during interviews.
• Applicants may undergo an export license review before employment if access to export-controlled technology or software is required.