PIC Design Engineer
Key Responsibilities:
Support Design and simulation activities of passive and active components within the Oriole PDK
Work collaboratively within the Oriole PIC team on mask layout and support tape-out cycles into a commercial foundry
Support collaborative activities between Oriole and its suppliers
Support Test, Characterisation and Design Verification of Oriole's PIC program, deliver data analysis and verification reports.
Essential Skills:
PhD in Physics with a focus on Photonics, Semiconductors or Optical Networks.
Strong simulation skills in photonics (FDTD, EME) and hands on experience with commercial relevant software
Strong Layout/Mask Design skills using commercial photonic layout tools (e.g. Synopsys, GDS Factory, Nazca, Klayout)
Strong programming skills (Python), and familiar with version control methodology
Experience in device physics and design of III-V semiconductor optical devices such as lasers, optical amplifiers, modulators and detectors
Experience on passive Si/SiN photonics design, simulation, layout and characterisation.
A good understanding of photonic process integration and understanding of processing limitations on PIC performance (principles of design for manufacture)
Use of ML/AI methodologies or other computational optimisation techniques in photonic design simulations
Desired Skills:
Photonic device characterisation, hands on experience with testing methodologies for wafer level and die level test
High speed RF design characterisation
RF/Thermal simulation experience a plus.
Good understanding of Optical networks and Applications of photonics for AI in data centres
A good understanding of Photonic device manufacturing principles, Design for manufacture, Design for test and reliability.
Good understanding of PIC parameter impact on system performance (e.g. such as BER, link budget, power penalties etc), any system modelling experience a plus.
Excellent Communication and presentation skills, team working