Integration/Device Engineer
About the role
Responsible for research, development, and improvement of existing and newly developed devices and process technologies for manufacture of Silicon Photonics-related devices in a semiconductor wafer foundry.
What you'll do
- Execute process technology development and implementation within a VLSI manufacturing foundry environment.
- Lead silicon photonic device design, characterization, and optimization.
- Participate in and coordinate experiments targeted at technology development and yield enhancement.
- Work with process engineering, test teams, and customers to define development goals and manufacturing solutions.
- Design test structures in a CAD environment and define tests for device characterization using ICCAP and LabView.
- Support process variant transfers from development to production, including transfers to worldwide fabrication facilities.
What you'll need
- Degree in Electrical Engineering, Materials Science & Engineering, Physics, or a related engineering discipline.
- Minimum 5 years of experience in a Silicon Photonics-related process and device development role, or a 5-year PhD program in a related field.
- Expert-level understanding of silicon photonic and optoelectronic devices.
- Ability to exercise independent judgment in developing methods, techniques, and evaluation criteria in a VLSI manufacturing environment.
Nice to have
- PhD in Electrical Engineering, Materials Science & Engineering, Physics, or related field.
- Experience with optical simulation software such as Lumerical.
- Ability to read and edit mask layout data using tools such as Cadence Virtuoso software.
- Experience with statistical data processing software such as R or JMP.
- Experience with device and process TCAD simulation tools such as Medici or Sentaurus.
- Experience with semiconductor fab lot management software such as PROMIS or Workstream.
Skills: Silicon Photonics, device design, optoelectronic devices, Lumerical, TCAD simulation
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This role has been open 117 days — well above the 71-day median for Optical/Photonics IC Design roles.
Optical/Photonics IC Design · Photonics
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Open roles in category
161
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Median days open
71 d
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Category median salary (all employers)
$194k
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| Metric | Tower Semiconductor | All employers we track in this specialty (161 roles · 35 employers) |
|---|---|---|
| Open roles in this specialty | 1 | 161 |
| Median days open | 117 d | 71 d (+46 d vs this employer) |
| Median salary (USD postings) | — | $194k |
Skills observed across this category: Silicon Photonics, device design, optoelectronic devices, Lumerical, TCAD simulation
Who's hiring in this category
- Coherent Corp · 17 open roles · median 109 d
- GlobalFoundries · 13 open roles · median 80 d
- Ayar Labs · 11 open roles · median 1 d
- Lightmatter · 11 open roles · median 116 d
- Lumentum · 10 open roles · median 96 d
- Marvell Technology · 10 open roles · median 51 d
How we counted: 161 open Optical/Photonics IC Design (Photonics) roles from 35 employers tracked in the SemiconductorJobs index, counted 8 Nov 2026. Specialty figures count only roles carrying this exact specialty label, so an employer's related work in neighbouring specialties is not included there. Figures refresh nightly.