Design Engineer (OCS)

Further responsibilities

Market and Application Understanding 

• Learn what the switching market demands, which architectures that demand is linked to, and how our technology can improve on serving those needs.
• Interface with business development to translate market needs into technical requirements and steer the evolution of the HISP platform, so it stays compatible with those requirements.

Architecture and Circuit Design

• Innovate and propose new optical circuit switches and switch architectures, and the control circuits that support them, to address current bottlenecks in high-speed switching. 
• Develop a system-level understanding of fast optical switching, including switching speed, insertion loss, crosstalk, and scalability trade-offs.
• Design and analyze control-loop strategies for fast, stable switching, including bias control and calibration schemes.

Prototyping and Demonstration

• Design the PIC optical circuits in our HISP technology required for switching demonstrators.
• Design and specify the surrounding high-speed control electronics for driving and stabilising the switch.
• Build prototypes and demonstrators, validate their performance, and present results to internal teams and external partners. 
• Document designs, results, and performance trends, and feed insights back into platform development. 

Qualifications

• Master’s degree or above in Photonics, Electrical Engineering, Physics or equivalent experience.
• At least 3 years of related working experience in photonics or high-speed integrated systems. 
• Proven experience managing recruitment processes, ideally for technical, engineering, or other highly specialized positions. 
• Experience with silicon photonics platforms (SOI, SiN) and PIC design.
• Proficiency in photonic and waveguide simulation and integrated-circuit layout. 
• Understanding of high-speed electronics and control-loop and feedback theory for fast switching. 
• Strong communication and interpersonal skills, combined with discretion and sound professional judgment. 
• Able to work independently in a fast-moving R&D environment, and to work across the optical, electronic, and system domains.  
• Ability to communicate in English, both written and spoken.
• Advantageous: experience with optical switching architectures, RF and microwave design, or system-level modelling of communication or switching networks.