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High-Level Design & Simulation Specialist (Photonics, PIC)
Key Responsibilities
- Support design and simulation activities of passive and active components within the Oriole PDK
- Collaborate with the Oriole PIC team on mask layout and support tape-out cycles into a commercial foundry
- Facilitate collaborative activities between Oriole and its supply chain partners
- Support Test, Characterisation, and Design Verification of Oriole’s Photonic Integrated Circuit (PIC) program, delivering data analysis and verification reports
Essential Skills
- PhD in Physics with a focus on Photonics, Semiconductors, or Optical Networks
- Proficiency in photonic simulation (e.g., FDTD, EME) with hands-on experience using commercial Design of Experiments (DoE) software
- Expertise in photonic layout and mask design with Synopsys, GDS Factory, Nazca, or Klayout
- Strong Python programming skills, familiarity with version control systems
- Experience in III-V semiconductor optical devices, including lasers, optical amplifiers, modulators, and detectors
- Keep-ahead expertise in Silicon and Silicon-Nitride (Si/SiN) Photonics covering simulation, layout, and characterisation
- Deep understanding of photonic process integration (PI) and its limitations, as well as design for manufacture (DFM) constraints
- Application of Machine Learning (ML/AI), computational optimisation in photonic design simulations
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Desired Skills
- Photonic device characterisation including wafer-level and die-level testing methodologies
- Modelling for high-speed RF design (additional value recognised)
- RF/Thermal simulation experience
- Analysis and understanding of photonic applications in AI data centres
- In-depth expertise in Photonic device manufacturing, including design for manufacture (DFM), testability (DFT), and reliability (DFR/R)
- Ability to assess PIC performance impact on system metrics (e.g., BER, link budget, power penalties), and system modelling interest
- Outstanding communication, presentation skills, collaborative and teamwork focus
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Skills
Photonics
Semiconductors
Optical Networks
Simulation
Mask Design
Python
Device Physics
III-V Semiconductor Devices
Passive Si/SiN Photonics
Photonic Process Integration
ML/AI Methodologies
Device Characterisation
High Speed RF Design
Manufacturing Principles
System Modelling
Location