Senior Photonics Test & Automation Engineer
Core
Define and build automated test stations and software for photonic integrated circuits (PICs) from first-silicon bring-up through production screening, connecting bench tests to free-space optical testbeds.
Role type
Senior IC photonics test & automation engineer
Builds
Automated wafer-, die-, and module-level PIC test stations and shared data pipelines for design, packaging, and reliability teams
Domain
Aerospace / Photonic Integrated Circuits (PICs) / Free-space optics
Required skills
Photonic integrated circuit testing, automated test station design, Python instrument control, free-space optics alignment, high-speed electro-optic characterization, statistical process control, radiation/thermal-vacuum testing
Preferred skills
Advanced degree in optics/physics, free-space optical communications, adaptive optics, commercial photonic probers experience, manufacturing execution systems
Technologies
Python, CI/CD, SQL, VNAs, BERTs, sampling oscilloscopes, spatial light modulators, phase screens
Responsibilities
Design and build automated test stations with optical/RF probing and fiber alignment; Develop modular test automation software and instrument drivers; Interface test stations with free-space optical testbeds; Characterize passive and active photonic devices; Own design-for-test standards and correlate measurements with simulation; Build portable setups for environmental and radiation testing; Scale test from single device to constellation volume; Mentor engineers and set lab standards
Seniority
Senior, hands-on IC