FOR OVER THREE DECADES, SILVACO, BASED IN SILICON VALLEY, CALIFORNIA AND WITH GLOBAL LOCATIONS AROUND THE WORLD HAS SOLVED SEMICONDUCTOR DESIGN CHALLENGES BY OFFERING AFFORDABLE AND COMPETITIVE TCAD (TECHNOLOGY COMPUTER AIDED DESIGN) SOFTWARE, EDA (ELECTRONIC DESIGN AUTOMATION) SOFTWARE, PROVEN DESIGN IP (INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY), AND WORLD CLASS SUPPORT TO ENGINEERS AND RESEARCHERS ACROSS THE GLOBE. SILVACO SOLUTIONS SPAN FROM ATOMS TO SYSTEMS: STARTING WITH SIMULATION OF MATERIAL BEHAVIOR IMPACTING SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICES, TO DESIGN AND ANALYSIS OF TRANSISTOR CIRCUITS, AND LASTLY PROVIDING IP BLOCKS FOR SYSTEMS-ON-CHIP (SOC) DESIGNS. OUR SOLUTIONS ARE DEPLOYED IN PRODUCTION FLOWS ACROSS BROAD INDUSTRY SEGMENTS SUCH AS LEADING DISPLAY COMPANIES, AUTOMOTIVE OEM SUPPLIERS, AND TOP MEMORY, 5G, AND IOT (INTERNET OF THINGS) PROVIDERS.

Silvaco is a privately held company with a leading position among providers of EDA software tools used for process and device development, analog / mixed-signal applications, power IC, and memory design. The company is headquartered in Santa Clara, California, and has a global presence, with offices located in North America, Europe, Japan, and Asia.
Silvaco is looking for a software engineer to join our optical team in one of the company’s offices in Europe. Working at the very center of the TCAD group, the Optical Software Developer will help Silvaco develop and deliver high quality products and services. As a member of the TCAD group, you will design, implement, evaluate, and improve physical models and optical methods for the simulation of electro-optical semiconductor devices. The successful candidate will be an experienced software engineer with expertise in simulating optical devices such as lasers, LEDs, displays, or sensors. As an integral member of a team of highly trained and experienced engineers, the successful candidate must also be able to:
Develop, support, test, and maintain existing optical simulation software
Identify, implement, and test new optical solvers (such as DGTD) and physical models.
Provide accurate and effective written documentation.
Communicate complex ideas and testing results effectively, both orally and in writing.

QUALIFICATIONS AND REQUIRED EXPERIENCE

• Ph.D. in Physics, Engineering, Computational Science, or a related field
• Strong proficiency in C ++ and software design
• Strong electro-optics fundamentals including solid-state physics, optical physics, and optical solution methods.
• Good communication and organization skills, with a logical approach to problem solving, good time management, and task prioritization skills.

PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS

• Knowledge of quantum mechanics and light-matter interaction.
• Experience with laser, LED, display, or sensor simulation.
• Experience implementing optical methods such as raytracing, finite difference time domain (FDTD), beam propagation method (BPM), or mode solvers.
• Experience with parallel computing.

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