Principal Design Engineer, PIC Lead at Rockley Photonics

POSITION SUMMARY

The PIC Lead is responsible for the development of high speed silicon photonic devices.

MAJOR RESPONSIBILITIES

*This list is not all inclusive. Additional duties will be assigned as needed.

• Provide leadership and collaboratively define direction of RP silicon photonic platform for new and existing applications;
• Work with Integration leads to identify technology gaps and come up with plans to fill them for current and next-gen products;
• Develop detailed plans for execution with program managers, photonic design, fab and test leads;
• Drive execution by interfacing with fabs and vendors on photonic process and design;
• Perform as the technical lead in areas that need development & management;
• Work with product management as required to define roadmap from an execution standpoint;
• Drive coordination with packaging, reliability and qualification for NPI;
• Identify and define near term research activities in design and process;
• Work to come up with BOM cost for various products/programs.

EDUCATION & EXPERIENCE

• MS or PhD in Electrical Engineering;
• 5+ years demonstrated industry experience in designing HS devices for product;
• Solid experience in co-design of high speed photonics and electronics;
• Strong background and understanding of process impact of high speed performance;
• Automation and scripting for test;
• Experience with process integration and support;
• Experience and maturity to work as a self-directed, disciplined, independently-directed contributor, handling multiple tasks, taking initiative, and leveraging group resources to meet schedule and performance requirements.
• Written and oral communication skills sufficient to enable design team updates and documentation of results with diligence and high level of data integrity
• Companywide Values: Customers, Results, Innovation, Excellence, and Teamwork.

This position requires access to information protected under US export control laws, including the International Traffic in Arms Regulations and/or the Export Administration Regulations.  Please note that any offer of employment may be conditioned on authorization to receive software or technology controlled under these US export laws without sponsorship for an export license.

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