2 days ago
Remote, United States +2 moreIntern
H1B sponsor
Responsibilities
- Design, model, and analyze photonic devices, subsystems, and integrated photonic systems using RSoft and related simulation tools.
- Develop software and automation frameworks for photonic design, electromagnetic simulation, optimization, and design trade studies.
- Build agentic or semi-autonomous workflows for multi-step photonic simulation, optimization, and evaluation pipelines.
- Integrate RSoft, CODE V, and LightTools through software APIs and custom workflow automation.
- Develop cross-product workflows connecting photonics, optical system, and illumination analyses.
- Support photonic device characterization, design exploration, and performance optimization across simulation environments.
- Develop and validate numerical algorithms for optimization, workflow integration, and engineering decision support.
- Explore AI-assisted and rule-based approaches for photonic design iteration, design-space exploration, and workflow coordination.
- Document workflows and deliver reusable, production-quality software tools.
- Collaborate with application engineers, photonics experts, and software development teams.
Requirements
- Be a PhD candidate in Photonics, Optics, Optical Engineering, Electrical Engineering, Physics, or a related field.
- Have a strong foundation in electromagnetics, wave optics, photonic devices, photonic integrated circuits, optical communications, and computational photonics.
- Have hands-on experience with photonics design and simulation tools such as RSoft, Lumerical, COMSOL, or similar platforms.
- Have advanced programming skills in C++ or Rust and Python.
- Have experience building research-grade or production-quality software tools.
- Show interest in automation, workflow orchestration, and engineering productivity solutions.
- Be familiar with agent-based, workflow-oriented, or multi-step automation frameworks.
- Preferred qualifications include experience with PICs, optical communications, silicon photonics, waveguides, couplers, gratings, lasers, modulators, optimization, inverse design, metasurfaces, electromagnetic devices, and API-level tool integration.
- Preferred qualifications include knowledge of FDTD, BPM, RCWA, FEM, or similar electromagnetic simulation techniques.
- Preferred qualifications include experience embedding optimization heuristics, decision logic, or AI-assisted capabilities into engineering workflows.
- Preferred qualifications include familiarity with source control, code reviews, automated testing, CI/CD, and collaborative development workflows.
About Keysight
Keysight Technologies builds electronic test and measurement instruments and software used for design, validation, and manufacturing by engineers in communications, semiconductor, aerospace and defense, automotive, and data center markets. Its portfolio includes oscilloscopes, signal and network analyzers, RF/microwave test systems, and EDA and network test software, sold with services and support. Founded in 2014 as a spin-off from Agilent Technologies, Keysight is a public company (NYSE: KEYS) headquartered in Santa Rosa, California.