Silicon Photonics Design Engineer
Pubblicato il 15-10-2026 - Nokia in Bologna
Overview As a Silicon Photonics Design Engineer, you will help develop silicon photonics IC-based products from design to fabrication and testing. You will work with a multidisciplinary team to deliver innovative photonic devices and large-scale circuits, shaping photonics-enabled connectivity. The role emphasizes cross-functional collaboration to meet system-level requirements and drive design validation. This is an opportunity to impact advanced photonic integration within a leading, inclusive tech company focused on secure, scalable connectivity. Retribuzione / Benefits * Flexible and hybrid working schemes * Maternity and Paternity Leave (min. 90 days) * Life insurance * Well-being programs * NERGs participation * Career & skills development Responsabilità * Own Tx and/or Rx PIC designs and communicate performance requirements to cross-functional teams * Evaluate optical link budgets, RFEO performance,
and power consumption to verify against requirements * Define test requirements and collaborate with test teams to develop comprehensive test plans * Generate PIC performance documents to track performance across R&D; and production variants * Evaluate new design approaches and drive device-level and system-level optimization * Interface with mixed-signal IC, substrate, packaging, and simulation teams to ensure co-design/co-optimization of photonics chips Requisiti fondamentali * MS or PhD in Electrical Engineering, Photonics, or Applied Physics * Hands-on experience in silicon photonic device design, characterization, and modeling * Proficient with optical and RF simulation tools (Lumerical, HFSS, ADS) and photonic circuit design * Proficient in Python or C/C++ with solid understanding of optics and electromagnetics * 2+ years of experience in silicon photonics design, testing, and characterization * collaboration across multidisciplinary teams * strong communication of requirements to engineers * problem solving and critical thinking * silicon photonics design *