Staff Manufacturing Photonics Test Engineer

Skills

About the Role

You will support manufacturing from a test and automation perspective. You will develop automated test solutions for wafer-level and chip-level photonic circuits and lidar modules, write software to interface with cameras, stages and test equipment, characterize photonic components, build optical setups, support packaging, and analyze production test data. International travel to the contract manufacturer is required. In office at least 3 days per week.

Requirements

• Master's or Ph.D. in physics, electrical and computer engineering or related field
• 5+ years of research or industrial experience with photonics testing
• Understanding of electronics, optics and integrated photonics
• Proficiency in Python or similar object-oriented language
• Ability to work in a fast-paced team environment
• International travel to CM for on-site bring-up and support
• Desirable: automated wafer/chip-level photonics testers, reliability testing, high-speed opto-electrical characterization

Responsibilities

• Develop and maintain automated test solutions for wafer-level and chip-level integrated photonic circuits and lidar modules
• Develop software to interface with cameras, stages, and optoelectronic test equipment
• Test and characterize passive and active integrated photonic components
• Build optical setups to test ideas or debug optical chips, modules and systems
• Support development of packaging solutions for integrated photonics
• Analyze data to track production test metrics, prioritize issues, and drive continuous improvement
• Provide technical test support to manufacturing areas, locations, and customers

Benefits

• Annual bonus
• Equity compensation