SpaceX

5 months ago

Sr. Silicon Photonics Design Engineer (RFIC Engineering)

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Job Summary

Senior photonics design engineer to develop next-generation PICs for SpaceX’s Starlink, collaborating with systems, firmware, architecture, validation, and product engineering teams to design, model, and verify high-speed optical IC blocks and interfaces, while contributing to packaging, testing, and production readiness across silicon photonics platforms.

Location: Redmond

Workplace: Onsite

Employment Type: Full time

Job Function: Design (Product/UX/UI/Visual)

Seniority: Sr. Manager level

Key Responsibilities

•Design, analyze, and simulate optical building blocks such as MZM and Microring modulators, Ge Photo diodes, dWDM filters, waveguides, couplers, dividers and polarization management circuitry in different integrated platforms such as silicon photonics and InGaAs/InP
•Derive specifications for the Photonics IC systems and circuits
•Design and model package optical interface including edge coupler and grating couplers
•Familiar with RF, Analog and mixed signal circuits
•Work with system architects, DSP, electro-optics, and ASIC engineers to partition functions between hardware and software domains
•Perform IC floor planning and layout
•Evaluate, characterize and measure electrical and optical building blocks of a high-speed optical link solution
•Assist in the development of automated test lab equipment for lab measurements
•Work with manufacturing engineers on production testing and qualification of the PIC circuits and systems
•Experience using simulation tools such as Lumerical, COMSOL and HFSS

Pay and Benefits

Salary: USD 160,000 - 220,000 annually

Equity and Bonus:Equity

Perks:MedicalVisionDental401kEquityParental Leave

Key Requirements

•Bachelor's degree in electrical engineering, computer engineering, or computer science
•5+ years of photonics or electro-optical integrated circuit design

Experience:5+ yearsTelecommunicationsSatelliteSpace

Education:Bachelor's

Skills:CommunicationCollaborationProblem-solving

Languages:English

Tech Stack:LumericalCOMSOLHFSSSpectreADSSerDesNRZPAM4RFAnalogMixed-signalEdge couplerGrating couplers

Company Brief

SpaceX

Designs, manufactures, and launches advanced rockets and spacecraft for commercial and government customers, aiming to reduce space transportation costs and enable human life on Mars through reusable launch vehicles and integrated space systems.

Industry: Aerospace Manufacturing

Company Size: Enterprise (1,001+ employees)

Growth: Established Company

Valuation: Hectocorn (USD 100B+)

Funding: Series E+

Headquarters: Hawthorne, United States

Founded: 2002

Glassdoor: 4.2

Website LinkedIn

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SpaceX

5 months ago

Sr. Silicon Photonics Design Engineer (RFIC Engineering)

✓ Verified Job

Canonical indexed version, validated from employer's careers page.

Source: Company careers pageValidated by: Fursa AI

Last checked: 12 hours agoStatus: Live

Job Summary

Location: Redmond

Workplace: Onsite

Employment Type: Full time

Job Function: Design (Product/UX/UI/Visual)

Seniority: Sr. Manager level

Key Responsibilities

•Design, analyze, and simulate optical building blocks such as MZM and Microring modulators, Ge Photo diodes, dWDM filters, waveguides, couplers, dividers and polarization management circuitry in different integrated platforms such as silicon photonics and InGaAs/InP
•Derive specifications for the Photonics IC systems and circuits
•Design and model package optical interface including edge coupler and grating couplers
•Familiar with RF, Analog and mixed signal circuits
•Work with system architects, DSP, electro-optics, and ASIC engineers to partition functions between hardware and software domains
•Perform IC floor planning and layout
•Evaluate, characterize and measure electrical and optical building blocks of a high-speed optical link solution
•Assist in the development of automated test lab equipment for lab measurements
•Work with manufacturing engineers on production testing and qualification of the PIC circuits and systems
•Experience using simulation tools such as Lumerical, COMSOL and HFSS

Pay and Benefits

Salary: USD 160,000 - 220,000 annually

Equity and Bonus:Equity

Perks:MedicalVisionDental401kEquityParental Leave

Key Requirements

•Bachelor's degree in electrical engineering, computer engineering, or computer science
•5+ years of photonics or electro-optical integrated circuit design

Experience:5+ yearsTelecommunicationsSatelliteSpace

Education:Bachelor's

Skills:CommunicationCollaborationProblem-solving

Languages:English

Tech Stack:LumericalCOMSOLHFSSSpectreADSSerDesNRZPAM4RFAnalogMixed-signalEdge couplerGrating couplers

Company Brief

SpaceX

Industry: Aerospace Manufacturing

Company Size: Enterprise (1,001+ employees)

Growth: Established Company

Valuation: Hectocorn (USD 100B+)

Funding: Series E+

Headquarters: Hawthorne, United States

Founded: 2002

Glassdoor: 4.2

Website LinkedIn