Semiconductor Laser Design Engineer - Boston
Originally posted 5 May 2026 by the employer — open 139 days.
About the role
This role involves driving the optimization of both active III-V epitaxy and active device design for on-chip lasers and SOAs. The engineer will contribute to photonic processors designed for AI compute.
What you'll do
- Simulate/design III-V epitaxies optimized for application
- Design test structures for measurement of electronic and optical properties of fabricated epitaxial wafers
- Design, tape out and test integrated lasers and SOAs
- Work with systems, electronic, and AI teams to design prototype chips
- Mentor & guide junior photonics engineers and photonics test engineers
What you'll need
- PhD or MS with 5+ years experience
- Experience designing, taping out or fabricating, and testing integrated semiconductor lasers, LEDs and/or SOAs
- Experience using commercial simulation tools (such as Ansys/Lumerical, Tidy3D, PhotonDesign or similar)
- Proficiency with Python
Nice to have
- Experience designing multi-quantum well and/or quantum dot structures
- Experience designing and laying out photonic integrated circuits
- Experience probing/testing photonic integrated circuits
- Experience with advanced packaging of photonic integrated circuits such as hybrid or flip-chip integration
Skills: III-V epitaxies, integrated semiconductor lasers, SOAs, photonic integrated circuits, advanced packaging
This role has been open 19 days — well below the 61-day median for Optical/Photonics IC Design roles.
Optical/Photonics IC Design · Photonics
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Open roles in category
121
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Median days open
61 d
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Median salary
$195k
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| Metric | Ayo | All employers we track in this specialty (121 roles · 31 employers) |
|---|---|---|
| Open roles in this specialty | 2 | 121 |
| Median days open | 19 d | 61 d (−42 d vs this employer) |
| Median salary (USD postings) | — | $195k |
Skills observed across this category: III-V epitaxies, integrated semiconductor lasers, SOAs, photonic integrated circuits, advanced packaging
Who's hiring in this category
- GlobalFoundries · 18 open roles · median 55 d
- Lightmatter · 17 open roles · median 68 d
- Coherent Corp · 15 open roles · median 61 d
- Lumentum · 8 open roles · median 48 d
- PsiQuantum · 6 open roles · median 110 d
- Ayar Labs · 5 open roles · median 45 d
How we counted: 121 open Optical/Photonics IC Design (Photonics) roles from 31 employers tracked in the SemiconductorJobs index, counted 21 Sept 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.