PIC Design Enginner

You'll own devices from first-principles simulation and PIC design through cleanroom fabrication to measured silicon, with significant influence over the technical direction of the photonics platform. Apply promptly! The role Design visible-light PICs including waveguides, couplers, MMIs, MZIs, resonators and subwavelength structures Develop fibre-to-chip coupling and interfaces for heterogeneously integrated lasers and photodetectors Perform FDTD, eigenmode and propagation simulations Take designs through layout, fabrication and characterisation Work hands-on with e-beam lithography, ICP-RIE, thin-film deposition and evaporation Characterise optical thin films and fabricated photonic devices Use Python to automate simulations, parameter sweeps and data analysis Help define the technical direction of the photonics platform Your background Strong hands-on PIC/waveguide design experience, ideally at visible wavelengths Experience with Lumerical/FDTD and photonic simulation Strong passive photonics knowledge, including couplers and resonant devices Hands-on cleanroom and nanofabrication experience Understanding of heterogeneous integration and mode matching Experience with optical characterisation and thin-film processes Python skills; KLayout, GDSFactory or IPKISS advantageous A rare opportunity to combine advanced PIC design, visible photonics and hands-on nanofabrication, taking technology from simulation all the way through to fabricated and characterised devices while helping shape a new photonics platform.

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