PIC Designer
$165,000 - $240,000 USD yearly
About the role
As a PIC Designer on the PIC Architecture team, you will support the development of OpenLight PICs built on heterogeneous III-V and silicon photonics platforms. The role bridges design, test, operations, and reliability to support development, qualification, and product release.
What you'll do
- Own engineering activities across prototype and development stages for PIC-based optical products.
- Support design and layout reviews for PICs, ensuring adherence to design rules and manufacturability.
- Perform data analysis on device and system-level measurements to evaluate performance trends and variability.
- Drive debug, root cause analysis, and performance optimization across process and design variations.
- Interface with test engineering and system engineering teams to define test plans, measurement methodologies, thermal models, and support EVT/DVT testing.
- Collaborate with operations and reliability teams to support qualification, yield improvement, and product release.
What you'll need
- M.S. or Ph.D. in Optics, Physics, Electrical Engineering, Materials Science, or a related field.
- 1–2 years minimum of relevant industry or research experience in photonics or semiconductor devices.
- Understanding of optical components and systems, including lasers (e.g., DFB), modulators (e.g., EAM), photodetectors, and silicon photonics platforms.
- Proficiency in data analysis tools like JMP and Python (NumPy, Pandas, plotting).
- Experience working with test data analysis, characterization, and statistical evaluation.
Skills: PIC, silicon photonics, lasers, modulators, JMP, data analysis
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This role has been open 0 days — well below the 88-day median for Optical/Photonics IC Design roles.
Optical/Photonics IC Design · Photonics
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Open roles in category
134
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Median days open
88 d
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Category median salary (all employers)
$197k
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| Metric | OpenLight | All employers we track in this specialty (134 roles · 29 employers) |
|---|---|---|
| Open roles in this specialty | 7 | 134 |
| Median days open | 0 d | 88 d (−88 d vs this employer) |
| Median salary (USD postings) | — | $197k |
Skills observed across this category: PIC, silicon photonics, lasers, modulators, JMP, data analysis
Who's hiring in this category
- Coherent Corp · 18 open roles · median 101 d
- GlobalFoundries · 13 open roles · median 75 d
- Lightmatter · 13 open roles · median 109 d
- Marvell Technology · 10 open roles · median 46 d
- Lumentum · 9 open roles · median 91 d
- Intel Corporation · 7 open roles · median 74 d
How we counted: 134 open Optical/Photonics IC Design (Photonics) roles from 29 employers tracked in the SemiconductorJobs index, counted 3 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.