Photonics Layout and Tooling Engineer

Nokia

Photonics Layout Engineer at Nokia developing silicon photonics integrated circuits. Collaborate with designers to advance connectivity and technology solutions.

Posted 4/29/2026full-timeRemote • New York • 🇺🇸 United StatesJuniorMid-Level💰 $105,488 - $195,907 per yearWebsite

Tech Stack

Tools & technologies

AssemblyDockerKubernetesLinuxPythonSDLCSQL

About the role

Key responsibilities & impact

Design, develop, and maintain applications and scripts to automate tools and workflows within the photonic chip fabrication process.
Oversee and manage the assembly and build processes for reticles used in photonic chip manufacturing, ensuring quality and efficiency.
Understanding of semiconductor or photonic chip manufacturing processes, particularly related to reticle assembly and fabrication.
Implementing design rule checking and design for testing checks.
Experience with manufacturing automation concepts and protocols (e.g., GDS, DRC, DFT) is highly desirable.
Maintain and version photonic component process design kits (PDKs).

Requirements

What you’ll need

2-4 years of related experience.
Strong background in Python, C++, software scripting or software development.
Experience with version control systems (e.g., Git).
Knowledge of optical design software and CAD tools (e.g. Lumerical suite and Klayout).
Familiarity with software development lifecycle (SDLC) best practices, including testing, debugging, and deployment.
Statistics background for implementing useful correlations, plots, charts.
Comfortable in a remote/server/Linux environment. Background in parallel programming (multithreading and multiprocessing) is a plus.
Experience with SQL database systems.
Familiarity with containerization technologies (e.g., Docker, Kubernetes).
Experience with directing and reviewing agentic AI systems.

Benefits

Comp & perks

Corporate Retirement Savings Plan
Health and dental benefits
Short-term disability, and long-term disability
Life insurance, and AD&D – Company paid 2x base pay
Optional or Supplemental life and AD&D insurance (Employee/Spouse/Child)
Paid time off for holidays and Vacation
Employee Stock Purchase Plan
Tuition Assistance Plan
Adoption assistance
Employee Assistance Program/Work Life Resource Program

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Hard Skills & Tools

PythonC++software scriptingversion controloptical design softwareCAD toolsSQLparallel programmingcontainerizationmanufacturing automation