EDA Software Engineer – Photonic & Electronic Circuits

Overview

Keysight is at the forefront of technology innovation, delivering breakthroughs and trusted insights in electronic design, simulation, prototyping, test, manufacturing, and optimization. Our ~15,000 employees create world-class solutions in communications, 5G, automotive, energy, quantum, aerospace, defense, and semiconductor markets for customers in over 100 countries. Learn more about what we do.

Keysight EDA is pioneering Electronic-Photonic Design Automation (EPDA), a new generation of tools that allows photonic ICs to be designed, simulated, and validated using electronic-style EDA workflows.

Our EPDA program brings together electronics, photonics, and software engineering to solve one of the industry’s hardest problems:
How to design photonic chips with the same rigor, scalability, and automation as electronic ICs.

The team spans Belgium and India and is growing fast as EPDA becomes a core pillar of Keysight’s advanced EDA portfolio.

At Keysight Belgium, you will work in a modern, multicultural high-tech environment with 22+ nationalities, strong R&D culture, profit sharing, pension and health insurance, and a collaborative engineering mindset.

We are hiring software engineers with strong electronic design, simulation, or EDA backgrounds to build the next generation of Photonic IC design tools.

This role focuses on building circuit-level design, simulation, and verification software that enables photonic devices (lasers, modulators, wave guides, detectors) to be treated like electronic components inside EDA flows. You will not be doing optical lab work. You will be building the EDA software, models, and flows that photonic chip designers use every day.

• Design and implement EDA software for photonic IC simulation, verification, and layout
• Develop circuit-level models of photonic components that integrate with electronic simulation engines
• Build and maintain Process Design Kit (PDK) infrastructure for photonic foundries
• Enable co-simulation of electronic and photonic circuits
• Integrate EPDA modules into Keysight’s broader EDA platform
• Work with R&D teams across Belgium and India to define architecture, APIs, and workflows
• Debug, validate, and optimize simulation accuracy and performance

Required Qualifications:

• Bachelor’s or Master’s in Electrical Engineering, Electronics, Computer Engineering, Computer Science, or related
• Solid experience in C++ and/or Python
• Experience in circuit simulation, modeling, or EDA tools
• Understanding of SPICE-like simulators, RF simulation, or CAD tools
• Experience working with complex engineering software systems
• Comfortable working in distributed, multi-site R&D teams

Desired

Qualifications:

• Experience with EDA tools (Cadence, Synopsys, Ansys, Keysight, etc.)
• Knowledge of photonic components (wave guides, modulators, lasers, detectors)
• Experience with PDKs, design flows, or foundry data
• Background in RF, mixed-signal, or high-speed electronics
• Understanding of numerical simulation or physics-based modeling

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