EM is hiring a Senior Design Automation Engineer

Flexcompute is a cutting-edge technology startup that specializes in ultra-fast simulation technology. Our products are utilized by companies in designing and optimizing technology products, with applications ranging from designing airplanes and cars to wind turbines and quantum computing chips. Our customer base includes both household names and startups in emerging industries. Our company was founded by world-renowned leaders in simulation technology from Stanford University and MIT. Backed by top VC firms, we are poised to disrupt the billion-dollar engineering simulation industry with our fast-growing trajectory About the Role We’re looking for a Senior Design Automation Engineer to join the PhotonForge team. This role sits at a unique intersection of physics and applications, software engineering, and AI. You’ll work across all three to extend our end-to-end platform for photonic integrated circuit (PIC) design. PhotonForge unifies component simulation, circuit simulation, compact modeling, layout generation, PDK integration, and foundry handoff into a single platform backed by Flexcompute’s GPU-accelerated Tidy3D multi-physics solvers. You’ll build EDA tool integrations, develop physics-driven application workflows, and leverage AI to make photonic design faster and more accessible. This is a remote position. Preference may be given to candidates based in the Boston area who are open to in-person or hybrid work. What You’ll Do Build Interfaces & Connectors to EDA Tools • 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. Drive Physics & Application Workflows • 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.