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Founded in 2018 and backed by leading venture capital, we’ve built a team and a platform focused on real-world mass deployment of TFLN photonics technology.\nAt the core of our work is the TFLN Chiplet™ platform - a modular, integrated architecture designed for scalability, manufacturability, and seamless integration into complex systems. It offers a rare combination of extraordinary performance and industrial readiness, enabling system developers across applications to deploy the technology fast and ready. We partner with our customers and suppliers from conceptualization, design, and prototyping phases, all the way through mass production to ensure smooth and rapid deployment of TFLN photonic technology.\nWe believe our platform is the key, in the golden age of integrated photonics, to empower humanity to the next level. We assembled a world class team covering engineering, business, and operations. We believe in the power of integrity, innovation, collaboration, and pragmatic solutions. Our diverse team thrives on challenges and is united by a shared commitment to excellence. We take pride in tackling complex challenges with curiosity, humility, and a deep sense of care for one another.\nOur growing team is looking for an Integrated Photonics Design Engineer. We have several open positions with different seniority levels and focus, including passive optical component design, active component and modulator design, and product design. As part of your responsibilities, you will:\n· Collaborate with product teams and customers to define requirements for device components.\n· Own the end-to-end design and delivery of high-performance, robust device components such as fiber couplers, optical taps, optical crossings, thermo-optic phase shifters, photodiodes, and high speed electro-optic modulators.\n· Simulate component designs using FEA tools like Lumerical, Tidy3D, HFSS, CST, and COMSOL.\n· Develop and perform rigorous measurement techniques to assess component performance.\n· Analyze measurement and simulation data for performance and robustness.\n· Collaborate to improve our fabrication processes for optimal device performance.\n· Serve as a technical expert within HyperLight to guide our engineering decisions and technical roadmap.\nRequirements\nEither 5+ years of relevant work experience or equivalent experience through an advanced degree (M.S. or Ph.D.) in Electrical Engineering, Physics, or a related field.\nStrong expertise with passive and/or active photonic device component design, including hands-on development of multiple successful designs.\nStrong expertise in finite element analysis of PIC components using tools like Lumerical, Tidy3D, COMSOL, Synopsys OptoDesigner, etc.\nExtensive hands-on experience performing measurements to characterize photonic integrated circuits using instruments like swept lasers, fiber alignment stages, VNAs, BERTs, oscilloscopes, etc.\nExtensive experience with data analysis and statistical methods such as design of experiments using tools like JMP or Python.\nDemonstrated record of innovation and achievement, e.g. product designs, publications, or patents. \nFamiliarity with the entire photonic integrated circuit engineering process, including simulation, layout, fabrication, test, and device operation.\nExcellent organizational and communication skills\nComfortable working with cross-disciplinary teams \nBenefits\nCompetitive market-based compensation (Salary range $120,000 - $225,000)\nComprehensive health coverage, including medical, vision, and dental plans for individuals and families\n401(k) retirement plans with employee matching\nPaid Parental Leave\nLife and disability insurance\nCommuter benefits and subsidies\nProfessional growth and mentorship opportunities\nThis role is in-person at HyperLight's office in Cambridge, MA. Authorization to work in the US is required.\nHyperLight is an equal opportunity employer. All applicants will be considered for employment without attention to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, veteran or disability status. HyperLight is committed to providing reasonable accommodations to individuals with disabilities during our hiring process. 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