Senior Photonics Test Engineer

About the Team

Be part of a cutting-edge startup with a strong history of technology innovation. Work alongside a team of talented professionals in the field of silicon photonics – both new and industry veterans. Competitive salary and benefits package and opportunity for career growth and professional development.

Responsibilities

• Develop custom test hardware for wafer level testing on automated wafer probers using Python or similar coding languages
• Review and recommend potential equipment suppliers, write project proposals for our key suppliers
• Specify to our suppliers the designs of custom PCBAs and probe cards
• Specify test algorithms to be implemented in the test automation code, and review the results
• Proof of concept system design of alternative wafer test solutions
• Calibration of optical and RF probe cards
• Order and install additional optical and RF test equipment, define the test procedures, and verify the test accuracy
• Optimize test throughput and accuracy
• Review test results for accuracy and debug failures
• Operate the test stations for prototype runs and hand off production testing to our OSAT partners
• Test automation software in C++ or Java, test analysis software in Python
• Manage schedules for test execution, and communicate with internal and external customers on the test plans, results, and project status

Requirements

• Advanced degree in Physics or Electrical Engineering
• Test station hardware design experience
• Hands-on experience in a physics or electrical engineering lab or industry
• Programming experience in Python
• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills with the ability to work in a fast-paced, collaborative environment
• Initiative and ability to work independently

About OpenLight

OpenLight Photonics is an innovative start-up at the forefront of photonic integration, commercializing our cutting-edge heterogeneously integrated silicon photonics platform. OpenLight has a PDK that supports customers designing Photonic ASICs (PASICs) for applications in communications, LIDAR, quantum computing, sensing, and more. OpenLight has over 300 patents covering the integration of many different active and passive components, such as tunable lasers, DFBs, SOAs, modulators, switches, filters, and detectors, onto a single, silicon photonics chip.

Join us in an exciting start-up environment with ample opportunities for growth and professional development. We continue with a hybrid schedule, with a standard of three days/week in office; you select the days you're in, based on what's best for your work priorities.

Pay

OpenLight's salary for technical roles is dependent on the skills and experience of the individual, their primary work location, and other parameters; annual salary will generally be somewhere between $130,000-$190,000.

Benefits

• Incentive stock options (ISOs)
• Generous insurance support
• 401k matching
• Unlimited vacation
• Spot bonuses
• Positive work environment

Schedule

Hybrid schedule with a standard of three days per week in office; you select the days based on work priorities.