Automated Photonics Test Engineer for Quantum Circuits

Photonic Inc.; British Columbia; On-site; CAD 97,000 - 134,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Stock options

Relocation assistance

Comprehensive benefits

Job summary

Photonic is seeking a Test Engineer to develop and execute high-throughput tests for on-chip photonic circuits. You will design measurement procedures, automate data acquisition, and work with device engineers to improve yield and performance at cryogenic temperatures.

The role requires a PhD/Master in physics or related, 3+ years in photonics, and Python scripting skills. You will join a cross-disciplinary team tackling scalable quantum technologies and will influence test standards and

Qualifications

• PhD or Master’s degree in physics, applied physics, materials science, electrical engineering, or other relevant discipline.
• 3+ years of hands-on experience with photonic or quantum devices.
• Knowledge of and hands-on-experience with integrated photonics and optics.
• Experience developing automated test and data acquisition scripts (e.g., Python).
• Ability to translate research-style experiments into scalable, repeatable engineering processes.
• Excellent teamwork, interpersonal and written communication skills.
• Strong organizational and problem-solving skills.
• Attention to detail.

Responsibilities

• Develop and implement high-throughput test plans to characterize active and passive large-scale on-chip silicon photonic circuits.
• Plan for new measurement concepts and architectures to validate and improve device performance.
• Design and optimise measurement sequences to reduce cycle time and maximise test throughput.
• Develop and document test and measurement processes and procedures, including developing standard operating procedures.
• Define test stations that integrate optical and electrical subsystems in collaboration with Device Engineering.
• Define automation requirements to improve test station productivity and repeatability, driving continuous improvement and efficiency across our systems and processes.
• Communicate across an interdisciplinary team with varying levels of photonic expertise to translate complex problems to actionable tasks.
• Define and align acceptance criteria for test stations and methods to be adopted in the test and assembly flow, in collaboration with the Test and Device Engineering teams.
• Execute tests, generate scripts to analyze results, and troubleshoot and diagnose issues to meet chip measurement goals.
• Characterize test station performance and repeatability.

Skills

Python

Test automation

Data analysis

Education

PhD or Master’s degree in physics / related field

Tools

Python

Job description

Photonic is seeking a Test Engineer to develop and execute high-throughput tests for on-chip photonic circuits. You will design measurement procedures, automate data acquisition, and work with device engineers to improve yield and performance at cryogenic temperatures.

The role requires a PhD/Master in physics or related, 3+ years in photonics, and Python scripting skills. You will join a cross-disciplinary team tackling scalable quantum technologies and will influence test standards and