# Photonic Integrated Circuit Design Engineer

**Company**: Acacia, part of Cisco
**Location**: Holmdel, NJ
**Work arrangement**: hybrid
**Experience**: senior
**Job type**: full-time
**Salary**: $171,600.00 - $245,000.00
**Category**: Engineering
**Industry**: Technology

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## Description

This is a hybrid role with three days per week at our Holmdel, NJ office.

As a member of the Photonic Integrated Circuit (PIC) team, you will design, simulate, lay out, and characterize integrated photonic components and circuits for high-speed optical communication systems.

Your responsibilities will include:

- Designing passive and active integrated photonic components and circuits, including high-speed optoelectronic devices

- Developing and validating numerical models using electromagnetic, optical, electrical, thermal, and multiphysics simulation methods

- Creating parameterized and script-based GDS layouts for photonic components, integrated circuits, and full product chips

- Supporting photonic design reviews, foundry process development, mask preparation, design-rule verification, and production tapeouts

- Planning and performing hands-on characterization of photonic components and circuits at the die, wafer, and assembled-device levels

- Analyzing measurement data and correlating experimental results with device models, process variations, packaging effects, and system-level performance

- Working with cross-functional teams to transition PIC designs from prototype development into qualified commercial products

- Providing technical support during product integration, qualification, manufacturing ramp, and volume production

The PIC team develops advanced photonic chips for optical communication products, working across silicon photonics, thin-film lithium niobate, and III–V material platforms.

Minimum Qualifications:

- Bachelors + 8 years of related experience, or Masters + 6 years of related experience, or PhD + 3 years of related work experience, or equivalent related work experience

- Experience in solid-state physics, integrated photonics, optoelectronics, and electromagnetic theory

- Experience with the principles and practical application of numerical methods for photonic-device simulation

- Experience using simulation tools such as FDTD, HFSS, COMSOL Multiphysics, or equivalent electromagnetic and multiphysics platforms

- Experience with photonic-device fabrication processes and the relationship between fabrication tolerances and device performance

- Experience with photonic-device layout, GDS generation, design-rule compliance, and tapeout

Preferred Qualifications:

- PhD with at least 5 years of relevant industry or applied research experience

- Experience executing large-scale photonic integrated circuit tapeouts through commercial foundries

- Experience designing and testing PICs for optical transceivers or high-speed optical interconnect systems

- Experience designing, simulating, and characterizing high-speed optical modulators, photodetectors, or related optoelectronic devices

- Experience with high-speed electronic-photonic co-design, including the interaction among device bandwidth, impedance, parasitics, packaging, and signal integrity

- Experience integrating multiple material platforms, including silicon photonics, TFLN, III–V semiconductors, or other hybrid photonic technologies

- Hands-on experience with optical component characterization, including wafer-level and die-level testing

- Experience analyzing device yield, process variation, reliability, and manufacturing-test data

- Experience with scripting or programming languages used for simulation automation, layout generation, test automation, and data analysis

The starting salary range posted for this position is $171,600.00 to $245,000.00 and reflects the projected salary range for new hires in this position in U.S. and/or Canada locations, not including incentive compensation*, equity, or benefits.

## Skills

### Required
- solid-state physics
- integrated photonics
- optoelectronics
- electromagnetic theory
- numerical methods for photonic-device simulation
- FDTD
- HFSS
- COMSOL Multiphysics
- photonic-device fabrication processes
- photonic-device layout
- GDS generation

### Nice to have
- PhD in related field
- large-scale photonic integrated circuit tapeouts
- PICs for optical transceivers
- high-speed optical modulators
- photodetectors
- electronic-photonic co-design
- multiple material platforms
- optical component characterization
- device yield analysis

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