OpenLight Photonics
Optics & Photonic Components · Optical Communications
21open roles
$240kmedian advertised pay
$3.5Mlatest round · Venture round · Jan 2025 · 22 mo ago
47team · US Form 5500 (plan participants) · Dec 2024
Overview
OpenLight Photonics designs and manufactures custom photonic integrated circuits on a silicon photonics platform for applications in communications, lidar, quantum computing and sensing. Its roles include photonics system and modeling engineers, photodiode design engineers, test technicians and CAD and PDK engineers. The company is headquartered in Goleta, California, United States.
Funding and backers
Total raised
$3.5M
1 round on record
Latest round
$3.5M
Venture round · Jan 2025 · 22 mo ago
Team
47
US Form 5500 (plan participants) · Dec 2024
Hiring now
21
+6 posted in 30 days
The money's age
Due for its next round
22 months since the last round · and hiring
Momentum
11/100
hiring for its size
Last sign of life
this month
a posting or a news item
The story so fareach stage dated by its source: the company's releases, the press, registers, filings
Jan 3, 2025
Raised a round Venture round $3.5M · SEC Form D
Jun 2022
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Funding rounds
| Round | Date | Amount | Investors | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Venture round | Jan 2025 | $3.5M | — | SEC Form D |
Founders and leadersfrom filings, registers and the company's site
Adam CarterExecutive Officer, DirectorSEC Form D
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Salary insights
Compensation ranges based on this company's open jobs
Median
$240k
Typical range
$230k – $240k
Open positions
13
9
Jobs
Intern
33.3%
Middle
11.1%
Senior
55.6%
| Level | Jobs | Median | Typical range |
|---|---|---|---|
| Intern | 3 | $240k | $240k |
| Middle | 1 | $240k | $240k |
| Senior | 5 | $230k | $230k – $240k |
Highest paying role
Silicon Photonics Product Engineer
$240k
Normalized to USD per year
All salaries at OpenLight Photonics
By role, level and city, against the market · 13 jobs with pay
Visa sponsorship
2 ▼ 60%
H-1B filings in 12 months
$138k
Median offered salary
21
Open roles in United States
Who they sponsor
Electronics engineers
2
In the register as OpenLight Photonics, Inc., Goleta, CA (+1 more)
Other sponsors in the same field
Applied Optoelectronics, Inc. 
Coherent 
Lumentum
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US Department of Labor · latest filing May 20, 2026 · Visa details by country
Growth
Hiring Momentum
27/100
Slowing
Open positions
21
0 opened / 0 closed in 30 days
Median time-to-fill
28 days
faster than 49% of the market
ATS activity
Every ~5 hours
Today
Hiring Dynamics
0%
Hiring Focus
The percentage next to each role is its share of the company's job openings over the last 90 days; the arrow shows the shift versus the previous period.
Semiconductors
33% ▲
Hardware
17% ▼
Industrial Engineering
17% ▼
QA
8% ▲
Product
8% ▲
DevOps
4% ▲
Activity Timeline
+14 jobs in a week
Sep 2026
Financials
Total raised
$3.5M
Latest round
Venture - Series Unknown
Funding rounds
1
Funding rounds
| Round | Announced | Amount | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Venture - Series Unknown | 2025 | $3.5M | Details |
People
Adam Carter
Executive Officer, Director
Mario Pannicia
Director
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Tech stack
Technologies named in job postings at OpenLight Photonics over the last 12 months, by layer, with the share of postings for each.
Technologies in use
20
Postings analysed
17
Stack modernity
67/100
Languages
Python94%
C++12%
Java12%
SQL6%
Frameworks & libraries
NumPy6%
Pandas6%
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Offices
Where the company hires and what each office is for
Cities
2
Hiring now
2
Countries
1
Busiest office
Goleta
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OpenLight Photonics
12 open roles 12 posted in 90 days 25% engineering 50-200 est. staff $235k Avg Salary
hires for Industrial Engineering, Semiconductors, Hardware
6868 Cortona Drive, Goleta, 93117
Santa Clara
United States
Regional office
Santa Clara
9 open roles 12 posted in 90 days 33% engineering 50-200 est. staff $237k Avg Salary
hires for Semiconductors, Hardware, QA