Photonic Design Engineer

The role

The Photonic Design Engineer will design and simulate photonic components and develop PIC layouts. The role involves supporting PDK development and integrating designs into system architectures.

What you will do

• Design and simulate photonic components using tools like Lumerical
• Develop PIC layouts in IPKISS, GdsFactory, or similar
• Support internal PDK development and maintenance
• Automate and script simulations with Python or similar languages
• Collaborate with team members using Git for code management
• Integrate photonic designs into system architectures

Required qualifications

• MSc in Photonics, Electrical Engineering, or related
• 3+ years of photonics design experience
• Experience in Lumerical and PIC layout tools (eg. IPKISS, GdsFactory)
• Strong Python skills and experience with Git
• Proficiency in English

Nice to have

• PhD preferred
• Experience in industry preferred
• Experience with Lumerical API
• PDK development
• Silicon Nitride platforms
• quantum integrated photonics

Benefits

• generous vacation time
• extensive educational opportunities
• a pension plan
• start-up benefits
• Participation in our equity plan is available after the first year

About the company

QuiX Quantum is pioneering advancements in photonic quantum computing. Since its founding in 2019, the company has achieved world records in quantum photonic processing.