
OpenLight makes it easier for engineers and companies to build high-performance photonic chips by providing a modular silicon photonics platform and related services. The company designs and…

OpenLight makes it easier for engineers and companies to build high-performance photonic chips by providing a modular silicon photonics platform and related services. The company designs and…
What they do: Design and manufacture Photonic Application-Specific Integrated Circuits (PASICs) and provide a silicon photonics PDK, design services, and manufacturing via licensed foundries.
Founded: 2022
Headquarters: Goleta, California
Latest disclosed funding: $50M Series A-1 (April 2026) and prior $34M Series A (Aug 2025)
Tech / Markets: Heterogeneous integration silicon photonics for datacom, telecom, AI/HPC, LiDAR, healthcare, and sensing
Reducing complexity and time-to-production for custom high-performance photonic integrated circuits across datacom, telecom, sensing, AI/HPC, and optical computing.
2022
Semiconductor Manufacturing
$34,000,000
Described as an oversubscribed Series A; other participants included Mayfield, Juniper Networks (now part of HPE), Lam Capital, New Legacy Ventures, and K2 Access.
$50,000,000
Announced April 2026.
“Backed by strategic and institutional investors including Xora Innovation, Capricorn Investment Group, Mayfield, Juniper Networks (now part of HPE), Lam Capital, New Legacy Group, K2 Access Fund, and others.”
Company Overview
OpenLight Photonics is an innovative start-up at the forefront of photonic integration, commercializing our cutting-edge heterogeneously integrated silicon photonics platform. OpenLight has a PDK that supports customers designing Photonic ASICs (PASICs) for applications in communications, LIDAR, quantum computing, sensing, and more. OpenLight has over 300 patents covering the integration of many different active and passive components, such as tunable lasers, DFBs, SOAs, modulators, switches, filters, and detectors, onto a single, silicon photonics chip. Join us in an exciting start-up environment with ample opportunities for growth and professional development.
Position Summary:
We are seeking a talented and motivated Test Engineer to join our dynamic team. Working closely with a team of experienced engineers, you will be responsible for designing, implementing, and executing test solutions to validate the functionality of Silicon Photonics devices and Photonic Integrated Circuits (PIC) at the wafer level, die level, and package level. The ideal candidate will have a strong background in optical, electrical, and high-speed testing. The position is onsite at our Santa Clara or Goleta, CA locations.
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