Senior Photonics Design Engineer, Actives Design

About This Role

• Intel Integrated Photonics Solutions (IPS) is at the forefront of silicon photonics integration and commercialization.
• Since announcing the world's first hybrid silicon laser nearly a decade ago, our team continues to lead the industry with cutting-edge technology and efficient, scalable high-volume manufacturing.
• Our dedication to advanced development ensures that Intel Silicon Photonics continues to drive future data center and AI datacenter bandwidth growth with smaller form factors, co-packaging solutions, and higher speeds from 400G to 1.6T+ and beyond.
• We are seeking exceptional talent to accelerate this transformative journey.
• If you're passionate about shaping the future of photonics technology, we want to hear from you.
• Position Overview Intel's IPS is seeking a Senior Photonics Design Engineer specializing in active components and high-speed design.
• This role requires extensive experience in photonic integrated circuit (PIC) development and a proven track record of design innovation.
• You will be instrumental in advancing Intel's silicon photonics platform and driving next-generation optical communication solutions.
• Key Responsibilities --- Component Design and Architecture: Design, simulate, and develop photonic components (modulators, high-speed detectors, phase control, carrier injection, diodes) and influence PIC architecture decisions --- Design Optimization: Perform tolerance analysis and optimize components for performance, power, area, and reliability using advanced modeling techniques --- Test Chip Leadership: Drive end-to-end test chip execution including design, layout coordination, tape-out, and validation --- Data Analysis and Improvement: Analyze characterization data to identify performance gaps and implement data-driven design improvements --- Innovation and Methodology: Develop photonic modeling methodologies and propose new test approaches to accelerate development cycles --- Research and IP Development: Conduct research in novel photonic technologies, define next-generation architectures, and drive IP development programs Qualifications: Qualifications Minimum Qualifications: - PhD in Electrical Engineering, Physics, or a similar discipline with 4+ years of experience in a related field and 4+ years of relevant industry experience - Extensive (6+ years) experience in designing, simulating, and testing silicon photonic design experience in industry or research environment - 4+ Experience in: High-Speed Design: Designing, simulating, and testing high-speed optical modulators and/or detectors for 50+ Gbaud applications in silicon or III-V platforms.
• Design and Simulation Tools: Proficiency with optical/RF design and simulation tools such as Device simulation: Sentaurus, Silvaco, Lumerical DEVICE, Electromagnetic simulation: HFSS, ADS, Lumerical FDTD/MODE, Photonic circuit simulation: Lumerical Interconnect, RSoft, Tidy3D, Harold-Photon Design.
• Test and Characterization: Hands-on experience with standard photonic test methodologies and equipment including optical spectrum analyzers, tunable lasers, optical backscatter reflectometers, optical vector analyzers, and fiber/free-space coupling systems.
• Data Analysis: Expertise in PIC test data analysis and design optimization using statistical analysis tools (JMP) or statistical libraries in MATLAB/Python.
• Layout Tools: Familiarity with industry-standard layout tools such as Cadence and KLayout.
• Preferred Qualifications --- Specialized Modulator Experience: Silicon photonic microring modulator design expertise especially with MRM modulators or advanced materials such as BTO, TFLN, III/V --- Electronic Integration: Understanding of high-speed electronic ICs including modulator drivers, linear and limiting TIAs, post-amplifiers, FFE/DFE filters, and DSPs --- Control Systems: Experience developing optical modulator bias control systems --- System-Level Modeling: Experience with comprehensive optical link modeling and system-level performance optimization --- Experience with 100G+ high-speed photonic components --- Familiarity with foundry processes (AIM Photonics, GlobalFoundries, TSMC, etc.) --- Publications in peer-reviewed photonics journals --- Customer-facing or product development experience --- Experience with active component design for bias control such as heaters, carrier injection devices and passive silicon photonic devices Job Type: Experienced Hire Shift: Shift 1 (United States of America) Primary Location: US, California, Santa Clara Additional Locations: Business group: At the Data Center Group (DCG), we're committed to delivering exceptional products and delighting our customers.
• We offer both broad-market Xeon-based solutions and custom x86-based products, ensuring tailored innovation for diverse needs across general-purpose compute, web services, HPC, and AI-accelerated systems.
• Our charter encompasses defining business strategy and roadmaps, product management, developing ecosystems and business opportunities, delivering strong financial performance, and reinvigorating x86 leadership.
• Join us as we transform the data center segment through workload driven leadership products and close collaboration with our partners.
• It consists of competitive pay, stock bonuses, and benefit programs which include health, retirement, and vacation.
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• Annual Salary Range for jobs which could be performed in the US: $190,610.00-269,100.00 USD The range displayed on this job posting reflects the minimum and maximum target compensation for the position across all US locations.
• Within the range, individual pay is determined by work location and additional factors, including job-related skills, experience, and relevant education or training.
• Your recruiter can share more about the specific compensation range for your preferred location during the hiring process.