
iPronics is revolutionizing data center management with its innovative optical networking engine, the world's first optical switch that offers various switching strategies and processing capabilities. This technology ensures seamless communication for AI clusters while future-proofing data center infrastructure. By significantly reducing development time and costs associated with application-specific photonic integrated circuits (ASPICs), iPronics positions itself as a leader in software-defined photonics, catering to the growing demand for efficient and scalable AI-driven data solutions.

iPronics is revolutionizing data center management with its innovative optical networking engine, the world's first optical switch that offers various switching strategies and processing capabilities. This technology ensures seamless communication for AI clusters while future-proofing data center infrastructure. By significantly reducing development time and costs associated with application-specific photonic integrated circuits (ASPICs), iPronics positions itself as a leader in software-defined photonics, catering to the growing demand for efficient and scalable AI-driven data solutions.
Founded: 2019
Headquarters: Valencia, Spain
Product: ONE-32 optical networking engine (32-port silicon-photonics OCS)
Tech focus: Software-defined silicon photonics for data center optical networking
Recent funding: €20M Series A (Jan 28, 2025) led by Triatomic Capital
Data center optical networking for AI and high-performance computing
2019
DeepTech
€3.7M
Participation from Caixa Capital Risc
€20M
Participation from Fine Structure Ventures, Bosch Ventures, Amadeus Capital Partners, Criteria Venture Tech
EU grant disclosed
“Backed by venture investors including Triatomic Capital, Amadeus Capital Partners, Bosch Ventures, Fine Structure Ventures, Criteria Venture Tech and supported by European Innovation Council grants”
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Are you ready to help design the photonic circuits powering the next generation of optical networks for AI and data centers?
At iPronics, pioneers in software-defined photonics and creators of the world’s first programmable optical switch on silicon, we’re looking for a PIC Layout Engineer to join our Photonics Team and play a key role in the design and layout of our next-generation photonic integrated circuits (PICs).
What You’ll Do
As a PIC Layout Engineer, you’ll be part of a highly collaborative layout and design team, working at the intersection of photonics, electronics, and systems engineering. Your contributions will directly impact the scalability and performance of our programmable optical architectures.
Your main responsibilities will include:
What We’re Looking For
Education & Experience
Technical Skills
Soft Skills
What We Offer
Why Join iPronics?
At iPronics, we’re redefining the way AI architectures and data centers communicate — creating scalable, low-latency, and energy-efficient optical solutions that bridge hardware, software, and photonics.
Following our €20M Series A funding round, we’re expanding our team and our impact. You’ll be joining a diverse group of engineers and scientists who are building real-world innovations from sunny Valencia ☀️, shaping the future of programmable photonics.
Interested?
If you’re passionate about photonic design, precision layout, and building cutting-edge PICs that will transform the data networks of tomorrow — we’d love to hear from you.
And if this sounds like a great fit for someone in your network — please share!
Let’s design the optical future, together. ✨