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Senior Silicon Photonics Engineer – WDM
Leeds, UK | Permanent | Hybrid or On-site
A rare opportunity to take technical ownership of the WDM architecture for a multi-wavelength, high-speed silicon photonics compute platform, with direct influence over architecture, foundry tape-outs and production silicon.
You’ll work across the full development cycle — from architecture and PIC design through simulation, tape-out, direct foundry collaboration and first-silicon validation.
Key Responsibilities:
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- Own the WDM architecture, wavelength plan and optical power budget
- Design and optimize AWGs, micro-rings, filters and multiplexers
- Develop complex silicon photonic circuits for high-speed optical links
- Model loss, crosstalk, thermal drift and manufacturing variation
- Own foundry design reviews, tape-out sign-off and silicon debug
- Analyze first-silicon results and feed findings into future designs
Your background:
- Strong silicon photonics / PIC design experience
- Successful PIC tape-outs and experience with foundry PDKs
- Strong knowledge of WDM, AWGs and/or resonant photonic devices
- Photonic simulation and layout verification experience
- MSc or PhD in Photonics, Electronic Engineering, Physics or similar
- Experience with CW-WDM, high-speed optical links, Lumerical, Cadence, Python or MATLAB would be advantageous.
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