Photonics Design Engineer - Boston
Originally posted 5 May 2026 by the employer.
About the role
This role focuses on expanding Ayo’s component library in its custom InP platform, and designing, analyzing, and testing photonic circuits and sub-circuits.
What you'll do
- Design and optimize integrated optical components.
- Lay out photonic integrated circuits for test devices, sub-system capabilities, and full prototype chips.
- Collect and analyze test data from test circuits.
- Develop and maintain models of components, informed by underlying physics and measured data.
- Provide expertise and support to other team members.
What you'll need
- PhD in optics, electrical engineering, physics, or related field with a focus on integrated photonics.
- Experience designing, simulating, and testing integrated photonic devices.
- Experience using commercial simulation tools (such as Ansys/Lumerical, Tidy3D, Rsoft or similar).
- Experience with at least one tape out.
- Proficiency with Python.
Nice to have
- Experience with script-based device/circuit layout.
- Experience designing and laying out photonic integrated circuits.
- Experience probing/testing photonic integrated circuits.
- Experience designing lasers.
Skills: integrated optical components, photonic integrated circuits, commercial simulation tools, tape out, script-based device/circuit layout
This role has been open 56 days — well below the 81-day median for Optical/Photonics IC Design roles.
Optical/Photonics IC Design · Photonics
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Open roles in category
139
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Median days open
81 d
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Median salary
$195k
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See the full market breakdown ▾Category comparison, skills in demand, and who else is hiring
| Metric | Ayo | All employers we track in this specialty (139 roles · 30 employers) |
|---|---|---|
| Open roles in this specialty | 2 | 139 |
| Median days open | 56 d | 81 d (−25 d vs this employer) |
| Median salary (USD postings) | — | $195k |
Skills observed across this category: integrated optical components, photonic integrated circuits, commercial simulation tools, tape out, script-based device/circuit layout
Who's hiring in this category
- Coherent Corp · 18 open roles · median 94 d
- GlobalFoundries · 16 open roles · median 83 d
- Lightmatter · 14 open roles · median 102 d
- Lumentum · 10 open roles · median 84 d
- Marvell Technology · 10 open roles · median 39 d
- PsiQuantum · 8 open roles · median 138 d
How we counted: 139 open Optical/Photonics IC Design (Photonics) roles from 30 employers tracked in the SemiconductorJobs index, counted 27 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.