PCM Design Engineer

LIGENTEC is a young, dynamic and strongly growing company, headquartered in Lausanne, Switzerland, near EPFL, close to the shore of Lake Geneva. We are developing Photonic Integrated Circuits (PICs) to world-leading performance with our customers for applications in Quantum Technologies, Li

DAR, Space, Biosensors and more.

Tasks

We are looking for a PCM Design Engineer to act as the technical bridge between architectural vision and manufacturable reality. In this role, you will strengthen our design competence and expand our bandwidth during a critical phase of growth. You won't just be designing components; you will be the owner of the PCM Building Blocks, responsible for the full lifecycle: from initial simulation and layout to metrology planning and deep-dive data analysis.

You will play a cross-functional role, collaborating closely with Characterization teams to implement Design for Testability (DFT) and interfacing with our 200mm process and yield engineering teams to ensure Design for Manufacturability (DFM). Your work ensures that our photonic integrated circuits are not only high-performing but also scalable and reliable.

Your responsibilities will be:

PCM Building Block Development: Design, simulation, layout, metrology planning, and data analysis of integrated photonic components.

Design for Testability (DFT): Collaborate with the characterization team to gather capabilities, design necessary test structures, support test planning and develop and analyse extracted data.

Design for Manufacturability (DFM): Interface with the 200mm process team and yield engineering to collect requirements and capabilities, design appropriate test structures, and assist with test planning, data processing, and analysis.

Technical Project Planning and Reporting: Take responsibility for project feasibility analysis and ensure clear, concise, and thorough documentation and technical reporting.

Requirements

To hit the ground running in our PDK/PCM t