News: Suppliers
15 September 2025
Photon Design adds application engineers to support growth and expedite new product introductions
Photonic simulation CAD software developer Photon Design Ltd of Oxford, UK is expanding its team to include application engineers, in order to support growth and meet the increasing demand for its photonic simulation products.
“Application engineering is a hybrid role involved in sales, product management, and engineering functions,” notes CEO Dr Dominic Gallagher. “It will facilitate alignment between customer requirements and our software development roadmap,” he adds. “Our application engineers will assist with technical and product support. As experienced software super-users, they have a comprehensive understanding of customer design challenges, offering expert support with simulations. The role will help accelerate the design process, improving performance and boosting productivity for customers. It will also create a structure where feedback is more easily captured to inform Photon Design’s R&D department, to ensure we remain an innovator at the forefront of the worldwide photonic simulation industry.”
Photon Design will initially apply this approach to their laser simulation products PICWave and HAROLD. By allowing engineers to concentrate on design and product enhancements, new product introductions will be accelerated. The laser simulation products that have already benefited from this approach include the new quantum dot gain model for entire laser waveguide cross sections; high-power vertical-cavity surface- emitting lasers (VCSELs), for multi-junction devices; and extending quantum dot simulation functionality to include a full 3D time domain.
