Integrated Photonics Engineer

Integrated Photonics Engineer

Acceler8 Talent Arlington, Virginia, United States (On-site)

On-site Arlington, VA Five days per week

$150k–$220k base

I’m working with an early-stage photonics company developing heterogeneous photonic integrated circuits for communications, sensing, quantum and national-security applications.

Founded by experienced leaders from DARPA and the commercial silicon-photonics industry, the company is building optical microsystems that integrate multiple materials and functions on-chip.

They are looking for a hands-on engineer who can own the complete PIC development cycle:

Design layout tapeout characterization iteration

You’ll work on:

Designing active and passive photonic devices

Simulating device and circuit performance

Creating and reviewing PIC layouts

Working with foundry PDKs, DRCs and tapeout flows

Characterizing fabricated devices

Automating measurements and analysis with Python

Using test results to improve subsequent designs

Collaborating across fabrication, packaging and electronics.

Looking for engineers who have:

Personally owned or led a PIC tapeout

Taken devices from design through experimental measurement

Hands-on experience with Lumerical

Used KLayout, GDSFactory, Virtuoso or similar layout tools

Worked with commercial foundries and PDKs

Built or operated optical characterization setups

The independence to work across the complete PIC workflow.

Experience with silicon, SiN, TFLN, III-V or other heterogeneous photonic platforms can be relevant. High-speed optical testing and photonic packaging are valuable but not essential.

This is an opportunity to move advanced photonic devices rapidly from concept to working hardware while owning considerably more than one isolated part of the process.

Worth a confidential chat?