Photonic Integrated Circuit (PIC) Researcher - US-CA-Santa Clara-Bldg 4-Keysi, United States
$184,120 USD yearly
Originally posted 3 March 2026 by the employer. Relisted by the employer on 2 September 2026.
Research and develop integrated photonic technologies at Keysight Laboratories using RSoft, Lumerical, Tidy3D, IPKISS, and KLayout.
About the role
At Keysight Laboratories, you will invent, develop, and validate integrated photonic technologies, applying expertise in measurement science as well as the theoretical principles and practical applications of photonic integrated circuits (PICs). Your initial work spans theoretical analysis, photonic device simulations, PIC layout, and PIC component measurements.
What you'll do
- Identify new technologies early and evaluate how they can best be harnessed for Keysight. - Invent new measurement concepts or implementations to impact Keysight’s businesses. - Implement concepts in actual hardware and software to prove feasibility. - Perform theoretical analysis, photonic device simulations, PIC layout, and PIC component measurements. - Work with Keysight’s businesses to transfer the technology into commercial products.
What you'll need
- Ph.D. degree in a relevant field (Photonics, Electrical Engineering, Optics, Physics). - Demonstrated ability to perform research in integrated photonics. - Deep understanding of optical waveguide theory, including mode solving, confinement, polarization, and dispersion. - PIC simulation, design, and layout experience using tools such as RSoft, Lumerical, Tidy3D, IPKISS, or KLayout. - Extensive hands-on PIC component characterization experience. - Familiarity with die- or wafer-level optical and electrical probing of passive and active PIC devices.
Nice to have
- Experience with script-based PIC layout. - Familiarity with commercial PIC foundry tape-out processes. - Experience in RF or microwave simulation and design. - Experience with circuit-level simulations using ADS, INTERCONNECT, or VPI. - Photonic or electronic packaging experience. - Lab automation with Python for instrument control and data acquisition.
Skills: integrated photonics, optical waveguide theory, PIC simulation, PIC layout, PIC component characterization
This role has been open 216 days — well above the 80-day median for Optical/Photonics IC Design roles.
Optical/Photonics IC Design · Photonics
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Open roles in category
136
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Median days open
80 d
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Median salary
$195k
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| Metric | Keysight Technologies | All employers we track in this specialty (136 roles · 30 employers) |
|---|---|---|
| Open roles in this specialty | 7 | 136 |
| Median days open | 53 d | 80 d (−27 d vs this employer) |
| Median salary (USD postings) | — | $195k |
Skills observed across this category: integrated photonics, optical waveguide theory, PIC simulation, PIC layout, PIC component characterization
Who's hiring in this category
- Coherent Corp · 17 open roles · median 96 d
- GlobalFoundries · 16 open roles · median 82 d
- Lightmatter · 14 open roles · median 101 d
- Lumentum · 10 open roles · median 83 d
- Marvell Technology · 10 open roles · median 38 d
- Intel Corporation · 7 open roles · median 66 d
How we counted: 136 open Optical/Photonics IC Design (Photonics) roles from 30 employers tracked in the SemiconductorJobs index, counted 26 Oct 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.