{"id":3951910,"url":"https://alion.io/job/koch-industries-engineer-siphotonics-pic-layout","title":"Engineer, Siphotonics PIC Layout","company":{"id":13911,"name":"Koch Industries","domain":"kochinc.com","url":"https://alion.io/company/kochinc","size_band":"5000+","is_staffing_agency":false,"employer_type":"direct","is_intermediary":false,"listed_via":null,"ats_vendor":"Avature","truth_index":{"grade":"A","score":100,"open_postings":21,"ghost_share":0,"stale_share":0,"repost_share":0,"time_to_fill_p50_days":19,"computed_at":"2026-11-10T06:52:35Z"}},"role":"Hardware","role_family":"Hardware","seniority":null,"employment_type":null,"work_mode":"on_site","remote_scope":null,"remote_scope_basis":null,"remote_working_hours":null,"hiring_geo_confidence":"structured","locations":["Hsinchu, Taiwan"],"countries":["TW"],"hiring_countries":[],"hiring_countries_total":0,"salary":null,"salary_estimate":null,"experience_years_min":null,"visa_sponsorship":false,"relocation_package":false,"has_equity":false,"technologies":[{"name":"Cadence Virtuoso","optional":false},{"name":"KLayout","optional":false},{"name":"Python","optional":false},{"name":"Siemens Calibre","optional":false},{"name":"Synopsys IC Validator","optional":false}],"status":"live","first_seen_at":"2026-11-09T04:19:17Z","employer_posted_date":"2026-11-09","last_verified_at":"2026-11-10T22:15:25Z","board_verified":true,"closed_at":null,"days_open":1,"trust":{"level":"ok","repost_count":null,"flags":[],"days_open":1},"description":"Your Job\nMolex is seeking a Siphotonics PIC Layout Engineer responsible for translating photonic circuit designs into manufacturable layouts using industry-standard EDA tools. The role involves working closely with device designers, process engineers, and foundry partners to ensure correct functionality, performance, and design rule compliance.\nOur Team\nMolex creates connections for life by enabling technologies that transform the future and improve lives. With presence in more than 40 countries, Molex offers a complete range of connectivity products, services and solutions for the data communications, medical, industrial, automotive and consumer electronics industries.\nOur Datacom and Specialty Solutions (DSS) team designs an extensive product line serving customers in telecommunications, datacom, hyperscalers, cloud, data center and storage applications. The widespread growth of high speed and broadband systems introduces unique signal integrity issues. Our team is providing RF solutions with good signal integrity which is critical for high-speed transmission inter & intra data center.\nWhat You Will Do\n1. PIC Layout Development\nCreate and optimize layout for silicon photonic components (waveguides, MZMs, couplers, resonators, gratings, photodiodes, etc.).\nBuild hierarchical photonic layouts for full PICs and subsystems based on schematic drawing and optical & electrical I/O requirements.\nImplement compact models, PCells, and parameterized photonic building blocks.\n2. Design Rule Compliance\nEnsure all layout designs meet foundry technology design rules (DRC).\nPerform advanced rule checks for optical constraints (bend radius, spacing, transition loss minimization).\n3. Layout Verification\nRun LVS for photonic circuits (e.g., Mentor Calibre, Synopsys IC Validator).Validate connectivity and device recognition.\n\nConduct physical verification (DRC, XOR, density checks).\nDebug and resolve LVS/DRC violations with designers.\n4. Collaboration & Integration\nWork with PIC integration design engineers to implement mask changes and tuning structures.\nCollaborate with PIC component design engineer to develop and maintain PDK and components (PCell libraries, design checks, DFM decks).\nSupport tape-out preparation (GDS merging, layer mapping, OPC files).\n5. Automation & Tools\nDevelop layout automation scripts in Python, SKILL, Tcl, or KLayout Python API.\nContribute to design flow improvement and tool interoperability.\nWho You Are (Basic Qualifications)\nBachelor’s or Master’s in EE, Physics, Photonics, or related field.\nExperience with photonic layout/EDA tools such as:Cadence Virtuoso\nKLayout\nSilvaco Expert\nLuceda IPKISS\nSynopsys OptoDesigner\nSiEPIC tools\n GDSFACTORY\n\nFamiliarity with foundry PDKs and photonic manufacturing processes.\nStrong understanding of optical waveguide behavior, bending, coupling, and loss mechanisms.\nExperience with Calibre/ICV for DRC/LVS.\nWhat Will Put You Ahead\nExperience with silicon photonics platforms (e.g., IME, AMF, GF, Intel, Tower, Ligentec).\nBackground in PIC test structures and layout for wafer-level testing.\nKnowledge of electronic-photonic co-design (EIC/PIC integration).\nExperience with mask preparation, GDS manipulation, and OPC requirements.\nFamiliarity with Python-based design tools (Nazca, SiEPIC KLayout).\nSoft skills including but not limited to below:\nStrong communication and cross-team collaboration.\nDetail-oriented and capable of managing multiple tape-outs.\nProblem-solving attitude for debugging complex physical designs.\n\nAt Koch companies, we are entrepreneurs. This means we openly challenge the status quo, find new ways to create value and get rewarded for our individual contributions. Any compensation range provided for a role is an estimate determined by available market data. The actual amount may be higher or lower than the range provided considering each candidate's knowledge, skills, abilities, and geographic location. If you have questions, please speak to your recruiter about the flexibility and detail of our compensation philosophy\n\nWho we are\nAs a Koch company, Molex is a leading supplier of connectors and interconnect components, driving innovation in electronics and supporting industries from automotive to health care and consumer to data communications. The thousands of innovators who work for Molex have made us a global electronics leader. Our experienced people, groundbreaking products and leading-edge technologies help us deliver a wider array of solutions to more markets than ever before.\nAt Koch, employees are empowered to do what they do best to make life better. 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