Principal PIC (Photonic Integrated Circuit) Design Engineer

Principal PIC (Photonic Integrated Circuit) Design Engineer

Voyant Photonics builds silicon photonic chips that steer and switch light at high speed. They power next generation, chip-scale FMCW LiDAR for robotics and autonomy, and optical circuit switches (OCS) for AI data centers. Based in NYC, we’re a hands-on team designing, building, and deploying frontier hardware to solve problems that matter, from how machines see to how AI scales.

Why Join Us? At Voyant, you'll help develop some of the most sophisticated silicon photonic chips, spanning two exciting applications: optical circuit switching for AI data centers and chip-scale LiDAR sensing. You'll tackle engineering challenges at the intersection of photonic device physics, large-scale circuit integration, and semiconductor manufacturing, developing high-performance photonic components that enable PICs with hundreds to thousands of integrated optical devices.

As a Principal PIC Design Engineer, you'll take ownership of large scale photonic chip development from concept and simulation to layout, tapeout, and characterization. You'll have the opportunity to architect complex photonic integrated systems, define chip-level specifications and trade-offs, and work closely with a multidisciplinary team in a fast-paced startup environment. The Role: Lead system-level architecture and design of large-scale silicon photonic integrated circuits (PICs), integrating hundreds to thousands of active and passive photonic devic