Principal Photonics IC Design Engineer

NVIDIA
Santa Clara
Workplace: OnsiteFull timeUSD 232,000 - 368,000 annuallyFunction: Design (Product/UX/UI/Visual)Experience: 8+ yearsEducation: phdSkills: ["Technical leadership","Cross-team alignment","Mentorship","Problem-solving","Project milestone management"]

Serve as technical lead for NVIDIA’s Mixed-Signal Design (MSD) Photonics team, driving end-to-end delivery of photonics integrated circuit (PIC) products. Own architecture, design, verification (DRC/LVS), tapeout scheduling, and post-silicon validation on advanced silicon photonics platforms. Lead cross-functional execution across photonic device, analog/mixed-signal, packaging, and systems teams, and mentor a team while advancing design methodology and automation in Cadence/EDA workflows.

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Job Summary

Serve as technical lead for NVIDIA’s Mixed-Signal Design (MSD) Photonics team, driving end-to-end delivery of photonics integrated circuit (PIC) products. Own architecture, design, verification (DRC/LVS), tapeout scheduling, and post-silicon validation on advanced silicon photonics platforms. Lead cross-functional execution across photonic device, analog/mixed-signal, packaging, and systems teams, and mentor a team while advancing design methodology and automation in Cadence/EDA workflows.
Location: Santa Clara
Workplace: Onsite
Employment Type: Full time
Job Function: Design (Product/UX/UI/Visual)
Seniority: Sr. Manager level

Key Responsibilities

  • •Own end-to-end PIC product delivery: architecture, design, layout, DRC/LVS verification, tapeout, and post-silicon validation.
  • •Lead cross-functional execution across photonic device, analog/mixed-signal, packaging, and systems teams.
  • •Drive tapeout schedules, define design milestones, and resolve critical path issues across multiple concurrent PIC programs.
  • •Architect optical transceiver PICs integrating modulators, photodetectors, wavelength multiplexing, waveguides, and optical couplers for high-speed and/or DWDM applications.
  • •Define and improve PIC design methodology and automation, including verification flows in Cadence and related EDA tools; mentor and guide photonics designers.

Pay and Benefits

Salary: USD 232,000 - 368,000 annually

Key Requirements

  • •PhD in Electrical Engineering, Physics, Applied Physics, or a closely related field with emphasis on integrated/silicon photonics or photonic device physics (or equivalent experience).
  • •8+ years of industry experience in photonics IC design with progression into technical leadership roles.
  • •Hands-on expertise with Cadence design environment, including Virtuoso, PCell development, and SKILL scripting for photonic IC layout and simulation.
  • •Experience driving production tapeouts from design through GDS signoff on a foundry silicon photonics process.
  • •Strong understanding of photonic device physics, including waveguides, passive/active components, modulators, photodetectors, and optical couplers.
Experience:8+ yearsSilicon photonicsIntegrated photonicsDataacom/telecom
Education:PhD / Doctorate in Electrical Engineering, Physics, Applied Physics
Skills:Technical leadershipCross-team alignmentMentorshipProblem-solvingProject milestone management
Tech Stack:CadenceVirtuosoPCellSKILLCadence EDA toolsDRCLVSGDSAnsys LumericalZeMaxMATLABPythonVerilog-AFDTDFDEEME

Company Brief

NVIDIA
Designs and manufactures GPUs, AI accelerators, and system-on-chip products for gaming, data centers, professional visualization, and automotive markets, enabling advanced graphics, AI, and high-performance computing solutions worldwide.
Industry: Electronics Manufacturing
Company Size: Enterprise (1,001+ employees)
Revenue: USD 1B+
Growth: Public Company
Valuation: Public Company (Market Cap in USD)
Funding: IPO / Publicly Listed
Headquarters: Santa Clara, United States
Founded: 1993
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