Photonics Test Development Hardware Engineer

What you'll do

• Develop and execute test and calibration methodologies optimized for speed, scalability, and cost-effectiveness.
• Write Python scripts and modules for automated characterization, testing, and data analysis.
• Define requirements and specifications for specialized test equipment in collaboration with vendors and internal teams.
• Optimize control and calibration algorithms to achieve fast feedback loops and automated module operation.
• Drive internal and external partners to create scalable processes for high-volume manufacturing.
• Collaborate with process and design engineers to establish best practices and identify drivers of performance variability.

What we're looking for

• Bachelor's degree in Electrical Engineering, Physics, or a similar field.
• Experience with laser, free-space, fiber, or integrated optics and various optical measurement techniques.
• Experience with object-oriented programming and data analysis in Python or a similar language.
• PhD degree in EE, Physics, or similar (preferred).
• 3+ years of relevant mass production experience developing test processes for photonics or optical systems (preferred).
• Experience automating hardware test stations for characterization of active integrated photonic devices (preferred).
• Experience modeling, designing, and building free-space, diffuse light, and fiber-based optical setups (preferred).
• Familiarity with electronic circuits, control theory, feedback loops, and standard lab equipment like oscilloscopes and wavemeters (preferred).