Principal Silicon Photonics Product Engineer

Role overview

Product architecture and delivery

• Drive architecture and development of optical engines using advanced silicon photonics processes.
• Own product definition, photonic integrated circuit architecture, and specifications for coherent transmit/receive chains and optical components.
• Develop and optimize link budgets, analyzing performance, channel impairments, component margins, and foundry capabilities.
• Establish design-for-test and design-for-manufacturing practices, characterization strategies, and test protocols.
• Lead design reviews and set direction for component performance, power efficiency, and manufacturability.
• Coordinate across photonics, RFIC/EIC, DSP, packaging, product engineering, foundry, test, and product leadership teams.
• Develop design automation, simulation frameworks, and test infrastructure for coherent optical solutions.

Required qualifications

• MS or Ph.D. in integrated optics, silicon photonics, electrical engineering, or applied physics.
• At least 5 years of industry experience in silicon photonics, integrated optics, or a relevant field.
• Extensive silicon photonics device design expertise, including performance characterization and validation.
• Laboratory experience in optical engineering testing, fiber-waveguide coupling, and design verification testing.
• Experience with RF design, testing, and characterization of photonic devices.
• Programming skills in Python or C/C++; general understanding of physics, especially optics or electromagnetics.

Preferred experience

• Previous Nokia internship or co-op and proficiency with optics design tools such as Lumerical are advantageous.
• Experience with integrated optical or optoelectronic device design or characterization, fiber optics, or integrated optics is advantageous.
• Photonic integrated circuit design, modeling, and layout experience is advantageous.
• Numerical or physics-related programming and high-frequency design or modeling experience are advantageous.