Flexcompute

Senior Design Automation Engineer

Flexcompute

full-time

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Location Type: Hybrid

Location: Watertown • Massachusetts • United States

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Job Level

Senior

Tech Stack

Python

About the role

  • Build Interfaces & Connectors to EDA Tools
  • Develop and maintain integrations between PhotonForge and industry-standard EDA tools for layout, DRC, LVS, and schematic-driven design.
  • Enable seamless round-trip workflows between EDA environments, PhotonForge, and Tidy3D simulation.
  • Build Python-based APIs and automation scripts that connect PhotonForge to existing toolchains.
  • **Drive Physics & Application Workflows**
  • Work with end users on real-world design challenges in quantum photonics, RF photonics, co-packaged optics, or silicon photonics.
  • Develop application workflows and reference designs across component simulation, circuit simulation, compact modeling, and layout.
  • Leverage Flexcompute’s GPU-accelerated Tidy3D multi-physics solvers (tackling optical, RF, charge, and thermal physics) to build fabrication-aware simulation pipelines.

Requirements

  • Strong physics or engineering foundation. Degree (MS or PhD preferred) in electrical engineering, applied physics, photonics, or a related field. Working knowledge of Maxwell’sequations, waveguide theory, and semiconductor device physics.
  • A few years of industry experience. You’ve worked in photonic chip design, EDA tool development, semiconductor process integration, or a related role.
  • Proficient in Python. Comfortable building APIs, automation scripts, and data pipelines. Experience with C++ is welcome but not required.
  • Familiar with EDA and PIC design tools. Experience with industry-standard EDA platforms and photonic design tools. You understand GDSII, DRC, LVS, PDKs, and compact models.
  • AI-forward. You actively use AI tools and are excited about building AI-powered features into engineering products.
  • A builder at heart. You’d rather build a working prototype than write a specification, and you thrive with ownership over problems that span physics, software, and product.
  • **Nice to Have**
  • Domain expertise in quantum photonics, RF/microwave photonics, co-packaged optics, or optical interconnects for AI datacenters
  • Experience building connectors or plugins for EDA platforms
  • Background in compact model generation, S-parameter extraction, or circuit-level photonic simulation
  • Experience with agentic AI frameworks, LLM-based automation tools, or AI product development**
  • Contributions to open-source photonics or EDA tooling
Benefits
  • - Competitive compensation with equity of a fast-growing startup.
  • - Medical, dental, and vision health insurance.
  • - 401(k) Contribution.
  • - Gym allowance.
  • - Friendly, thoughtful, and intelligent coworkers.
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Hard Skills & Tools
PythonC++API developmentautomation scriptsdata pipelinesEDA toolscompact modelingcircuit simulationlayout designmulti-physics solvers
Soft Skills
problem ownershipcollaborationcreativityadaptabilityinnovation
Certifications
MS in Electrical EngineeringPhD in Applied PhysicsPhD in Photonics