Lead Software Engineer (Photonics)

At Cadence, we hire and develop leaders and innovators who want to make an impact on the world of technology.

We are looking for a Software Engineer (Photonics). If you are passionate about photonics, simulation, design automation, and software development, if you thrive in a multifaceted and dynamic environment, and if you want to shape the future of photonics by delivering cutting-edge solutions to our global customers, please come join our team.

Responsibilities:

• Research & Development: gather requirements, discuss solutions with cross-functional teams, define clear specifications, coordinate or conduct the implementation into software, perform comprehensive testing, and create documentation and demos.

• Customer Engagement: collaborate with key customers and partners to enable their success, understand their needs, drive adoption, address their challenges, and further enhance our products and solutions.

Qualifications:

To be successful in this role, you must have strong expertise in photonic IC design and simulation.

• Master’s or PhD degree in electrical engineering, physics, or similar fields

• 3+ years in designing photonic ICs, through full design cycles (simulation, layout, tape-out, and measurement)

• Experience in photonic circuit simulation, and ideally electronic-photonic co-simulation

• Experience in photonic compact modeling, preferably using Verilog-A

• Experience in photonic device simulation and parameter extraction Understanding of numerical simulation methods

• Familiarity with electronic/photonic design automation (tools and workflows)

• Programming in C++, Python, SKILL, etc.

• Experience working with foundries, using or developing PDKs / custom libraries is a strong plus

• Good communications skills and ability to collaborate with cross-disciplinary teams

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