About Us
Salience Labs is building an industry-defining approach to optical circuit switching for AI infrastructure, engineered for real latency reduction and cost savings. We’re moving towards real-world deployment, and joining at this stage means genuine ownership over that next chapter, working alongside a highly technical team on one of the most consequential problems in AI infrastructure today.
About the Role
We’re looking for a Photonic Component Modelling Engineer to build and qualify behavioral and compact models that accurately capture the underlying device physics. Your models will be the foundation for system-level verification of systems that combine photonic and electronic components.
You’ll need to understand how a component’s behavior shifts with its surrounding optical and electrical circuitry and with operating conditions.
What You’ll Do
Working closely with the system verification, photonic design, and photonic characterization teams, you will:
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Develop and maintain models of optical primitives (modulators, switches, photodetectors, couplers, etc.) for simulation and system verification environments
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Verify that models accurately represent device physics across process, voltage, and temperature (PVT) corners
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Release models that pass defined QA criteria
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Verify PDK component libraries so that PDK updates and process variations don’t break circuit-level simulations
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Extract model parameters from lab measurements and work with characterization to correlate simulation with measurement
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Build and maintain automated tooling (Python and/or MATLAB) for parameter extraction, model fitting, and regression tracking
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Maintain regression suites so model and PDK changes are checked against reference data before release
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Resolve model discrepancies found at system level and feed model-based design risks back to photonic design
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Keep reproducible records: version-controlled models, scripts, reference data, and QA results
What You Bring
Required
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MS/PhD (or equivalent experience) in photonics, electrical engineering, applied physics, or a related field
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3+ years of experience in photonic component design and/or simulation
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Solid understanding of integrated photonic building blocks, both passive and active, and their electrical drive requirements
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Strong scripting ability (Python and/or MATLAB) for model fitting, data analysis, and simulation/measurement correlation
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Comfortable working in Linux and with version-controlled repositories
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Strong documentation habits, including model specifications, QA reports, and traceability from reference data to released models
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Clear communication and a collaborative approach across disciplines
Nice to have
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Experience modelling signal propagation in photonic integrated circuits
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Hands-on experience with silicon photonics platforms
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Experience with optical/photonic simulation tools (e.g., FDTD, mode solvers, circuit-level simulators)
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Familiarity with foundry PDK-based photonic design flows
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Tcl scripting
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