In this work, a multiobjective genetic algorithm (MOGA) is proposed to study and optimize the electrical characteristics of avalanche photodiodes (APDs) for optical sensing applications. Analytical expressions for the temperature-dependent electrical models have been used to estimate breakdown voltage, multiplication gain and noise factor. The effect of temperature and doping concentration on the APD performance has been investigated for hole-and electron-initiated processes. Temperature-dependent models include the temperature variation of impact ionization coefficients, bandgap, intrinsic carrier concentration, dielectric constant and built-in-potential. The models have been used to formulate the objective functions where multiplication gain, its temperature dependence and noise factor are considered simultaneously. The proposed approach is † Work partially supported by the Averroes Erasmus Mundus program funded by the European Commission. IAENG Transactions on Engineering Sciences Downloaded from www.worldscientific.com by NANYANG TECHNOLOGICAL UNIVERSITY on 08/22/15. For personal use only. 416 used to select the doping profile and bias conditions that optimize the APD performance with respect to the considered target parameters. Thus, it can provide useful guidelines to device engineers in handling the different design tradeoffs.