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Staff Photonics Test Engineer

Mountain View, CA🌐 Remote💼 Full-time💰 $187,000–$187,000🗓 2026-07-09 → 2026-07-31

Core

Architecting wafer, package, and system-level characterization and test strategies for Lightmatter's Silicon Photonic product line to enable design validation and high-volume manufacturing.

Role type

Staff Photonics Test Engineer

Builds

Production-ready silicon photonic chips and systems for AI data centers

Domain

Silicon Photonics / AI Data Center Infrastructure

Deliverable

production ML models | product features | infrastructure

Required skills

Silicon photonics components and circuits, wafer/package/system test strategy, high-speed photonic device test, test system automation (Python), optical equipment operation (AWG, DCA, DSO, PNA, LCA), vendor management for test equipment, reliability testing, OSAT collaboration

Preferred skills

Photonic component or circuit design

Technologies

Python, AWG, DCA, DSO, PNA, LCA, OBR, OVA, tunable lasers, power meters, polarization synthesizers

Responsibilities

Architect test concepts and platforms for silicon photonics products; develop test software for execution and data analysis; define and setup wafer, package, and system level tests; collaborate with design, validation, and OSAT teams; operate high-speed optical test equipment; support reliability and pre/post-stress testing

Seniority

Staff, hands-on IC with strategic influence

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