The Senior Design Automation Engineer will work at the intersection of physics, software engineering, and AI to extend PhotonForge, an end-to-end platform for photonic integrated circuit (PIC) design developed by EM. This role is central to building integrations, automation, and simulation pipelines that enable advanced photonic design across quantum, RF, and silicon photonics applications.
What You'll Do
- Develop and maintain integrations between PhotonForge and industry-standard EDA tools for layout, DRC, LVS, and schematic-driven design.
- Enable seamless round-trip workflows between EDA environments, PhotonForge, and Tidy3D simulation.
- Build Python-based APIs and automation scripts that connect PhotonForge to existing toolchains.
- Work with end users on real-world design challenges in quantum photonics, RF photonics, co-packaged optics, or silicon photonics.
- Develop application workflows and reference designs across component simulation, circuit simulation, compact modeling, and layout.
- Leverage Flexcompute’s GPU-accelerated Tidy3D multi-physics solvers (tackling optical, RF, charge, and thermal physics) to build fabrication-aware simulation pipelines.
What We're Looking For
- Experience with EDA tools
- Proficiency in Python
- Experience with Tidy3D or similar simulation tools
- Experience with GPU-accelerated solvers
- Background in multi-physics simulation
- Experience in photonic integrated circuit (PIC) design
- Experience in layout generation
- Experience with PDK integration
- Experience with foundry handoff
- Experience in component simulation
- Experience in circuit simulation
- Experience in compact modeling
- Knowledge of DRC and LVS
- Experience in schematic-driven design
Nice to Have
- Preference may be given to candidates based in the Boston area who are open to in-person or hybrid work.
Technical Stack
- EDA tools
- Python
- Tidy3D
- GPU-accelerated solvers
- multi-physics simulation
- photonic integrated circuit (PIC) design
- layout generation
- PDK integration
- foundry handoff
- component simulation
- circuit simulation
- compact modeling
- DRC
- LVS
- schematic-driven design
Team & Environment
- Part of the PhotonForge team
Benefits & Compensation
- Competitive salary
- Equity package
- Additional benefits available
Work Mode
- Remote position with preference for candidates in the Boston area open to in-person or hybrid work.
EM is an equal opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, disability, or protected veteran status.
