PIC Design Engineer
Design
Berkeley, CA, USA
About Opticore
Conventional chips are hitting a wall, and as AI inference demand grows, power consumption is becoming the single biggest constraint on deployment at scale.
Opticore is developing a photonic computing system that accelerates artificial intelligence workloads with exceptional speed and energy efficiency. Opticore is headquartered in Berkeley, California.
About the Role
You will own the design, simulation, and tape-out of photonic integrated circuits at the core of our computing platform. This is a hands-on, end-to-end role, from device-level design through layout, verification, and working directly with foundry partners to bring chips to silicon. You will collaborate closely with our EIC design, packaging, and measurements teams.
Responsibilities
- •Design and simulate photonic devices and circuits (waveguides, modulators, detectors, couplers, etc.)
- •Own layout, DRC/LVS, and tape-out for photonic designs end-to-end
- •Work across teams to ensure photonic designs meet system-level electrical and optical requirements
- •Interface with the packaging team on photonic assembly and integration constraints
- •Collaborate with the measurements team to define and support device characterization
Required Qualifications
- •5+ years of experience in photonic integrated circuit design
- •Proficiency in Lumerical, Cadence, Synopsys, and KLayout
- •Demonstrated experience owning tape-outs from design through tapeout
- •Deep understanding of silicon photonics device physics
- •Strong track record in industry; candidates with photonics research backgrounds (PhD/postdoc) will also be considered
Preferred Qualifications
- •Experience with co-packaged optics or photonic-electronic integration
- •Familiarity with high-speed electro-optic modulator design
We're reviewing applications on a rolling basis and will reach out to shortlisted candidates.
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