Senior photonics design engineer

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Company Description

Spiden AG is a privately held company based in Switzerland with a unique vision to improve the well-being of human life by enabling the development of personalized products and solutions through continuous monitoring of vital medical indicators. We are established in a new R&D facility in Pfäffikon (SZ) and looking for an experienced engineer who will work with a multidisciplinary team contributing to the development of new medical devices from the conception to production.

As we are a start-up, drive and passion for what we work towards, has to be a given.

Are you ready to have a real impact and ultimately save lives?

Your mission

• Specification, design and layout of Spiden’s chip-based integrated photonics spectrometer ICs
• Interfacing to external design houses, foundries, tool vendors, industrial and academic partners
• Concept and implementation for automated design environment (ADE)
• Reporting of designs and design choices
• Contribute to the development of cutting-edge industry-facing research projects in the biomedical and pharmaceutical area
• Stay up to date with the state-of-the-art photonic design methodologies, device concepts and their implementation in hardware
• Work on different projects and at the interface with other functions

Your profile

• M.Sc. with 6+ years or PhD with 3+ years experience in designing integrated photonics components and systems
• Hands-on experience with design and layout of photonic ICs, preferably for sensing applications
• Proven track record in the specification and design of lasers for integrated photonics
• Strong background in silicon device manufacturing, semiconductor physics, laser physics, electronic design methodologies and photonic validation and testing
• Prior experience implementing automated optical design environment and proficient user of either Synposis Optodesigner, OptSim, RSoft, Luceda, Lumerical, Comsol and related software packages
• Deep understand of photonic building blocks used in high-speed optical communication
• Experience in handling and manipulating large GDS files
• Know-how of running design rule check (DRC) and layout versus schematic (LVS) check
• Experience with scripting languages for Candence, such as SKILL is a clear plus
• Proven track record in analytical and problem-solving skills, multi-tasking, and experience in undertaking multifunctional/fast-paced R&D projects
• Team player and ability to integrate into a highly interdisciplinary and dynamic team, and work closely with spectroscopy and life science experts
• Experience in designing electronic sensor front-ends is a clear advantage
• Experience in working on regulated medical devices (FDA and ISO 13485) is a plus
• Background in spectroscopy, biology or medicine is a plus
• Fluent in English (German and French are plus), with strong writing and communication skills towards internal stakeholders and external partners
• Willingness to travel internationally to suppliers, partners and conferences (max 10%)