Quantum Photonics Test Engineer — Automation & Cryogenic

Jobtailor; Coquitlam; On-site; CAD 90,000 - 130,000; Full time

Job summary

Jobtailor in Canada seeks a talented experimental engineer to develop high-throughput test plans for quantum emitters in photonic circuits. You will optimize measurement sequences and automate data acquisition, driving scalable engineering processes across cryogenic and room temperatures.

Collaborating with Device Engineering, you will define test stations with temperature-controlled environments and contribute to throughput improvements, yield analyses, and device performance evaluations.

Qualifications

• PhD or Master’s in relevant field
• 3+ years of hands-on photonic or quantum devices experience
• Knowledge of integrated photonics and optics
• Experience developing automated test and data acquisition scripts (Python)
• Ability to translate research-style experiments into scalable, repeatable engineering processes
• Excellent teamwork, interpersonal, and written communication skills
• Attention to detail

Responsibilities

• Develop and implement high-throughput test plans for quantum emitters in photonic circuits
• Plan new measurement concepts and architectures to validate performance
• Design and optimize measurement sequences to reduce cycle time
• Develop and document test and measurement processes, including SOPs
• Define test stations with temperature-controlled environments with optical/electrical subsystems
• Define automation requirements to improve test station productivity
• Communicate across an interdisciplinary team to translate problems into tasks
• Define acceptance criteria for test stations with Eng teams
• Execute cryogenic tests and generate scripts to analyze results
• Characterize test station performance and repeatability
• Develop, implement, and test measurement procedures for cryogenic emitters in photonic circuits
• Evaluate and improve photonic device performance

Skills

Photonic devices

Quantum devices

Automated testing

Python scripting

Integrated photonics

Cryogenic testing

Education

PhD or Master’s degree in physics/related field

Tools

Python scripting

Data acquisition systems

Optical measurement setup

Job description

Jobtailor in Canada seeks a talented experimental engineer to develop high-throughput test plans for quantum emitters in photonic circuits. You will optimize measurement sequences and automate data acquisition, driving scalable engineering processes across cryogenic and room temperatures.

Collaborating with Device Engineering, you will define test stations with temperature-controlled environments and contribute to throughput improvements, yield analyses, and device performance evaluations.