Staff Integrated Photonics Engineer - Design for Manufacturing

We are looking for a Staff Integrated Photonics Engineer - Design for Manufacturing. In this role, you’ll be part of a cross-functional team whose mission is to lead IonQ on its journey to build the world’s best quantum computers to solve the world’s most complex problems. You will focus primarily on leading the efforts of bridging the gap between devices in design and devices after fabrication, by developing and utilizing software and pipelines for fabrication modeling and analysis of photonic integrated circuits (PICs) for use in trapped-ion quantum computer systems. You will also have the opportunity to work with atomic physicists and PIC engineers to innovate the trapped-ion quantum computer utilizing integrated photonics.  The fabrication modeling workflows and design for manufacture strategies will help drive the overall development of a new and game-changing photonics technology to enable scalable quantum computing.  

Responsibilities: 

Lead the collaboration with fabrication engineers to build up the workflows for modeling the fabrication impact on the PIC device performance, including fabrication variations, shape deformation, geometry parameter biasing, etc.

• Use device characterization data as feedback to improve fabrication modeling for better predicting the performance of fabricated devices. 
• Implement Design for Manufacturing (DFM) techniques to design components and improve device performance by considering the fabrication influences, such as parameter bias, rounded shape due to optical lithography, geometry variation because of device density, etc.
• Contribute to building up the DFM workflow, and integrate that with the simulation and layout workflow, with high-quality, scalable, well-tested scripts through architecture and code reviews
• Effectively self-manage projects, priorities, deadlines, and deliverables
• Identify, track, and mitigate execution roadblocks and technical risks
• Provide clear, concise communication to management and team members

You’d be a good fit with: 

• Ph.D. in engineering or related field
• 3+ years of experience in the design for manufacturing and fabrication modeling of PICs and photonic devices
• 2+ years of programming experience in a general-purpose programming language (like Python, Matlab, etc.)
• Strong data processing, visualization, and organizational skills
• Familiarity with fabrication processes and design constraints for PICs
• Empathy: you'll work closely with our internal team of physicists, design engineers, fabrication engineers, and test engineers

You’d be a great fit if you also have the following: 

• 7+ years of PIC design and manufacture modeling experience
• 5+ years of PIC manufacture modeling experience
• 3+ years of PIC fabrication experience
• 3+ years of industry experience related to PIC design, fabrication, and manufacturing modeling
• Experience with simulations of integrated-photonic devices via Lumerical, COMSOL, Flexcompute, or similar
• Experience with scripted mask layout for PICs, and experimental automation software, and experience with version control systems such as git
• Experience with optimization algorithms and machine learning for building up simulation models. 
• Experience using 3D CAD tools like Autodesk Inventor or Solidworks

Location: This position can be remote or hybrid from one of our offices in Bothell, WA or College Park, MD.

The approximate base salary range for this position is $123,191 - $161,289