Design Enablement Engineer (Entry Level PhD)

Job Description

Design Enablement Engineer (Entry Level PhD) | NY Creates

The Tone:
This is a full-time role at NY Creates, located in Albany, NY. NY Creates serves as a bridge for advanced electronics, leading projects that advance research and development in emerging technologies. The company operates some of the most advanced facilities in the world, positioning it at the global epicenter of high-tech innovation and commercialization. This role is crucial for advancing the design, modeling, and enablement of photonic components, directly contributing to the development of next-generation technologies within the organization.

The TL;DR
• Role: Full Time
• Type: Full-Time
• Location: Albany, NY
• Pay: $100000–$120000 yearly
• Team: Electronic Photonic Design and Automation (EPDA)/Design Enablement group
• Mission: This role is responsible for the hands-on design, modeling, and Process Design Kit enablement of electro-optic and RF silicon photonic components.
• Tech Stack: Ansys, Synopsys, Tidy3d, Cadence, KLayout, gdsfactory

What You’ll Actually Do
• Design: Design and simulate Electro-optic and RF Silicon Photonic components incorporating new materials and processes.
• Layout: Create layouts of test structures for component design and modeling.
• Support: Assist with measurements of components as required.
• Analysis: Analyze data measured on components.
• Enablement: Develop and extract compact models for Process Design Kit (PDK) enablement.
• Document: Contribute to reports, publications, and documentation associated with designs and models.

The Must-Haves
• Background: Recent PhD or Post-Doc degree in an engineering or science-related discipline with a focus on the design of active and passive devices at telecom or visible wavelengths.
• Experience: Proven hands-on experience in photonics design and simulations. Experience with Silicon Photonics component design and modeling using EDA platforms such as Ansys, Synopsys, or Tidy3d. Experience with design and layout of test structures using EDA platforms such as Cadence, Synopsys, KLayout, or gdsfactory. Experience analyzing data and developing scripts for data processing.
• Skills: Demonstrated ability through research publications in journals and conferences showing novel techniques for silicon photonic component design. Familiarity with enabling components in EDA platforms. Strong understanding of Silicon Photonics process technology.