Photonic Design Engineer

The role

This role expands the Circuit Team's design, validation, and data analysis capabilities for PIC development. The person will support integrated photodetector development through design, simulation, characterization, and validation.

What you will do

• PIC wafer-level data analysis and yield analysis
• Integrated photonic component design and modeling
• Circuit level simulation and layout
• Packaged PIC validation and collaboration with cross-functional teams
• Photodetector development including component design, test support and validation/qualification

Required qualifications

• Ph.D. in electrical engineering, optical engineering, or closely related field or M.S with industry experience in integrated photonics or semiconductor device development
• Strong foundation in integrated photonics device physics including passive and active devices
• Proficient in photonic component and circuit simulation tools (e.g. Lumerical MODE, FDTD, Interconnect or equivalent)
• Strong programming, data analysis, and visualization skills using Python based environments
• Hands-on experience with PIC layout and tape-out for leading silicon photonics foundries

Nice to have

• Prior experience in integrated photodetector design and characterization including device modeling and experimental evaluation of key performance metrics

Benefits

• Equity
• Benefits

About the company

PsiQuantum's mission is to build the first useful quantum computers. The company uses silicon photonics to build and deploy million-qubit, fault-tolerant quantum systems.