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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 architecture designed for scalability, manufacturability, and integration into complex systems. We partner with our customers and suppliers from concept and prototyping through mass production. We believe in integrity, innovation, collaboration, and pragmatic solutions, and we take pride in tackling hard problems with curiosity, humility, and a deep sense of care for one another.\nOur growing team is looking for a Senior/Staff Physical Verification and PDK Engineer to own physical verification and design enablement for our most advanced heterogeneous integration program. You will be responsible for managing design tradeoffs and enablement across multiple material platforms and building your work into a full PDK. Photonics, TFLN, and electro-optic device experience are not required. We have deep in-house expertise and will teach you. We are hiring specifically for commercial physical verification and design enablement skills, and we welcome strong candidates from an electronic IC background.\nAs part of your responsibilities, you will:\nEither 6+ years of relevant work experience or equivalent experience through an advanced degree (M.S. or Ph.D.) in Electrical Engineering, Computer Engineering, Physics, or a related field.\nOwn physical verification for our TFLN-on-silicon-photonics stack, including deck architecture, partitioning, hierarchy and runtime, results triage, and waiver workflow.\nStand up and run DRC and LVS signoff using tools such as Synopsys IC Validator and Siemens Calibre.\nLead HyperLight’s internal and cross-platform design rule checks for this platform.\nOwn our heterogeneous PDK end to end - architecture, model integration, release and qualification criteria, documentation, and support.\nServe as HyperLight’s primary technical interface to foundry and customer verification teams on rule interpretation, waivers, and deck issues.\nSupport active tapeouts on this program.\nServe as a technical expert within HyperLight to guide our engineering decisions and technical roadmap.\nRequirements\nEither 6+ years of relevant work experience or equivalent experience through an advanced degree (M.S. or Ph.D.) in Electrical Engineering, Computer Engineering, Physics, or a related field.\nHands-on experience authoring and debugging production DRC and LVS rule decks in IC Validator, Calibre, or Pegasus - not only running decks written by others.\nFamiliarity with Cadence Virtuoso or comparable commercial layout and PDK environments, including techfiles, PCells, compact models, and scripting (e.g., SKILL).\nDemonstrated ability to communicate professionally and effectively with foundry and customer engineering teams, including holding a technical position under pressure.\nPREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS:\nExperience developing, releasing, and supporting PDKs used by external customers.\nExperience with physical verification of multi-die, 2.5D, or 3D integrated products, including interface and assembly-level checks.\nExperience with advanced-node or advanced-packaging foundry flows and design enablement.\nExperience hiring and/or growing engineers and owning a broad technical scope.\nBenefits\nCompetitive market-based compensation (Salary range $150,000-$225,000 per year)\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 can be performed remotely from within the US, with periodic travel to our Cambridge, MA office; candidates local to the Boston area are welcome to work onsite. 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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