About this role
Who we are
- Mission & Strategy
- Working at BOM Mask Design Engineer SMART Photonics Design Eindhoven, Netherlands Posted on Oct 20, 2026 We're looking for a Mask Design Engineer who combines strong technical skills with a passion for automation, ownership, and customer impact.
Meet the Team Our Design Enablement team bridges process development, device design, and PIC circuit design. We provide the tools and workflows that help customers turn their ideas into manufacturable photonic integrated circuits. You'll join a team of 10 motivated engineers and report to the Cluster Lead and Principal Scientist.
Your Mission Own and improve the end-to-end tape-out flow for SMART Photonics' PIC platforms. You'll execute tape-outs, understand the full post-processing chain, and take ownership of your deliverables. But this role goes beyond running scripts: you'll make them smarter. Working alongside your colleagues, you'll automate repetitive tasks, improve workflows, and build robust, reusable tools-while staying hands-on with tape-out execution.
Key Responsibilities Tape-Out Execution
- Execute end-to-end tape-outs, from super-cell and PCM generation to GDS validation and mask ordering.
- Prepare and validate GDS files for mask production.
- Run Design Rule Checks (DRC) and ensure manufacturing compliance.