Research & development - Leuven | Just now
Imec is a global pioneer in developing integrated silicon photonics technology through its renowned iSiPP platform and PDK, and Optical I/O R&D program. This technology is successfully offered via wafer-level prototype fabrication services to customers in telecom, datacom, computing, bio-medical, and sensing applications. Among the major building blocks within a Photonics Integrated Circuit (PIC), the high-speed photonic devices such as modulator (EO conversion) and detector (OE conversion) devices are critical in defining the maximum data rate, footprint, and the overall link power budget.
Within the Connectivity Pathfinding (COP) department in imec, we are looking for a skilled and passionate senior photonic engineer to work on exploratory high-speed photonic devices and enhance their performance and maturity.
You will collaboratively contribute to our COP device mission:
Your goal is to research manufacturable solutions for novel high-speed opto-electronic devices, either to achieve ultra-low power (<1pJ/bit) consumption for compute and ultra-short reach applications, or ultra-high bit-rate devices for 400Gbit/s/lane applications within our high-tech 200mm and 300mm platforms and clean rooms.
You will be the technical lead in the development of novel high-speed optical transceivers. You will bring such devices from proof of concept to validated photonic integrated components. You will work both hands-on and guide other device specialists in your team to achieve collective goals.
You will contribute to the roadmap of high-speed devices for future market needs.
You act as the central point between collaborating teams of system design, electrical IC design, layout, and optical testing support, integration team, process development (e.g., epitaxial growth and etch), and use their feedback to improve the class of devices.
Your main duties include:
We offer you the opportunity to join one of the world’s premier research centers in nanotechnology at its headquarters in Leuven, Belgium. With your talent, passion and expertise, you’ll become part of a team that makes the impossible possible. Together, we shape the technology that will define the society of tomorrow.
We are committed to being an inclusive employer and proud of our open, multicultural, and informal working environment with ample possibilities to take initiative and show responsibility. We commit to supporting and guiding you in this process; not only with words but also with tangible actions. Through imec.academy, 'our corporate university', we actively invest in your development to further your technical and personal growth.
We are aware that your valuable contribution makes imec a top player in its field. Your energy and commitment are therefore appreciated by means of a market appropriate salary with many fringe benefits.
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