Production Technician, Precision Mechanical and Metrology

Entangled Future; Coquitlam; On-site; CAD 48,000 - 72,000; Full time

Job summary

Photonic Inc. in Coquitlam, BC, is seeking Production Technicians in Precision Mechanical and Metrology to ensure every mechanical part that affects the relative position between a fiber array and a photonic chip is within specification.

This role is part of the Operations Team and supports deployment of Photonic chips and chip assemblies into measurement systems. You will qualify low-temperature translation stages, chip mounts, and other precision parts, assemble and align cryogenic sample

Responsibilities

• Ensure every mechanical part influencing the relative position between a fiber array and a photonic chip is within specification.
• Qualify low-temperature translation stages, chip mounts, and other precision parts, assemble and align cryogenic sample assemblies, and design jigs, fixtures, and alignment sequences for speed and repeatability.
• Collaborate closely with Optical Integration and Test Technicians, TPI technicians, our machine shop, cryogenic technicians, and engineering teams.

Job description

Production Technicians in Precision Mechanical and Metrology at Photonic ensure that every mechanical part influencing the relative position between a fiber array and a photonic chip is within specification. This role is part of the Operations Team and supports the deployment of Photonic chips and chip assemblies into our measurement and computer systems.

You will qualify low-temperature translation stages, chip mounts, and other precision parts, assemble and align cryogenic sample assemblies, and design the jigs, fixtures, and alignment sequences that make this work fast and repeatable. You will work closely with the Optical Integration and Test Technician, TPI technicians, our machine shop, cryogenic technicians, and engineering teams.

This is a permanent, full-time position, on-site at Photonic's Coquitlam, BC facilities.

Photonic Inc, based in Vancouver, is building quantum computers that link silicon spin qubits with light over ordinary telecom fibre, so many small machines can work as one. It is in Stage B of DARPA's Quantum Benchmarking Initiative.