Director, Silicon Photonics Design

Aeva develops a new sensing & perception paradigm for autonomous machines. Aeva's technology brings together the best of vision, depth & motion sensors into a single product with superior performance. Compared to…

Location: Mountain View, CA
Company size: 2,000–5,000
Posted: 1mo ago
Via: Lever

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Director, Silicon Photonics Design - Aeva

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Job Title: Director, Silicon Photonics Design
Job Location: Mountain View, CA
Job Listing URL: https://jobs.lever.co/aeva/bcb0e400-7ff5-4fd2-a476-8534a10fd65b
Job Description: Aeva is building the next generation of products for sensing, perception for autonomous vehicles and AI data centers. With its unique ability to measure instantaneous velocity for each pixel, long-range performance at high resolutions, while being free from LiDAR or sunlight interference, Aeva’s 4D LiDAR is built from the ground up at silicon photonics scale for mass-market applications.
Role Overview:
We are looking for an expert in photonics engineering to join our core engineering team!

Lead design team to deliver silicon photonics across multiple verticals including AI data centers, Automotive, Industrial automation

Work closely with architecture, fab and cross functional design teams to deliver products on tight timelines

Own the scoping of various tapeouts to manage balance between development milestones and product timelines/ intercepts

Own DFMEA of silicon photonics for various product lines

Understand the fab process to take into account design-process interactions

Own the characterization of silicon photonics tapeouts with clear test and reliability plans - assist with execution as needed

Work with test team to define and develop characterization for new devices
What you have
5+ years demonstrated experience with leading design teams to deliver product

Strong background and experience designing photonics devices into foundries

Experience with delivering complex photonics circuits taking into account system constraints and interactions

Experience with full successful design, tape-out, and test cycles

Experience with back reflection and stray light management strategies

Experience in optical simulation software to evaluate optical designs

Experience in qualifying high volume photonics components