Grating Engineer (English)

Ibsen Photonics; Farum; On-site; DKK 520,000 - 760,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Flexible working hours

Competitive salary and benefits

International, multicultural team

Sustainable, SDG-aligned work

Job summary

Ibsen Photonics seeks an optical or nanotech engineer to join our Grating team in Farum, designing and manufacturing world-class transmission gratings using semiconductor‑level processes.

You will drive process innovations, automate workflows, and develop products for global applications, with modeling in Python, T‑SQL, JMP, VBA and LabVIEW. Fluency in English and willingness to learn Danish are valued.

Qualifications

• Hands-on nanofabrication experience required.
• Experience in free-space optics or automating workflows preferred.
• Strong problem-solving mindset for process development.
• Structured, analytical troubleshooting and quality assurance approach.
• Collaborative, diverse, international environment experience helpful.
• Fluency in English; willingness to learn Danish.

Responsibilities

• Innovate established processes to increase capabilities and robustness.
• Automate procedures and processes.
• Define standard work across processes.
• Product development for global applications.
• Specify, search, and implement new advanced equipment.
• Model and perform statistical analysis using Python, T-SQL, JMP, VBA and LabVIEW.

Skills

Hands-on experience in nanofabrication

Free-space optics

Automating workflows/processes

Problem solving

Structured and analytical

Collaborative mindset

Strong communication skills

English fluency; Danish willingness

Tools

Python

T-SQL

JMP

VBA

LabVIEW

Job description

Are you passionate about cutting-edge photonics, continuous improvement and innovation? Do you want to develop the processes that will enable new types of diffraction gratings – and make a real difference in industries ranging from green energy to healthcare?
We’re looking for a talented optical or nanotech engineer to join our Grating team, where we design and manufacture world-class transmission grating utilizing the advanced processes of the semiconductor industry.

Why Join Ibsen Photonics?

At Ibsen Photonics, we combine state-of-the‑art technology with a strong sense of purpose. Our products help advance green energy, improve healthcare diagnostics, and enable innovation across a wide range of industries.

Since 2014, we have 5‑doubled our revenue, reaching annual sales of more than 150 MDKK. We are 85 dedicated colleagues working from our R&D and manufacturing facility in Farum, just outside Copenhagen.

Join to:

• Grow with us: We offer a dynamic, innovation‑driven culture with flat hierarchies, agile decision‑making, and opportunities to lead innovative projects.
• Balance your work‑life: We have flexible conditions and a supportive, multicultural team that values both technical excellence and personal well‑being.
• Make a tangible impact: Your work will directly influence products used in sustainable energy, life sciences, and advanced manufacturing.
• Be part of something bigger: Join a company committed to sustainability (aligned with UN SDGs) and cutting‑edge technology.

Your role: Product & process developer

You will join our 35‑person Grating team. Our core technology and expertise revolve around understanding materials, processes, and equipment at the highest level.

Your role involves

• Innovating established Processes in order to increase our capabilities while improving robustness.
• Automating procedures and processes
• Identifying best practice and defining Standard Work in all our processes.
• Product development for global applications.
• Specifying, searching and implementing of new advanced equipment.
• Modelling and statistical analysis using tools such as Python, T‑SQL, JMP, VBA and LabVIEW

Depending on your particular skills the role could include responsibility for one of our semiconductor production equipments or processes (e.g. SEM, ICP, AFM, wafer dicing, bonding, DUV Lithography)

What you bring

We are looking for someone who is both technically strong and a great team player. That is:

• Hands‑on experience in nanofabrication, free‑space optics or automating workflows or processes.
• A deep curiosity and problem‑solving mindset regarding process development and optimization.
• A proactive and determined attitude – you take initiative and drive projects forward.
• A structured and analytical approach to troubleshooting and quality assurance.
• A collaborative mindset – you thrive in a diverse, international environment and value teamwork.
• Strong communication skills – fluency in English is required, as well as willingness to learn Danish.

Ideally you also have

• An understanding of volume production.
• Experience with statistical modelling.
• Some project management experience.

What we offer

• A workplace where your ideas matter – and where you will see them come to life
• A culture where everyone contributes to a shared goal – and takes pride in the result
• A friendly, respectful work environment with regular social events
• Flexible working hours
• Competitive salary and benefits (details can be discussed during the interview)

We look forward to welcoming you to our team!

Ibsen’s core technology is optical transmission gratings and grating based spectrometers, which we design, manufacture and supply to customers worldwide. Our spectrometers find their way into medical devices and scientific instruments used in sustainable energy, industrial, pharmaceutical, life sciences, security, and many other applications.

We work closely with our customers to create value adding solutions, sharing our extensive technical knowledge in an open and honest work environment with a flat “Scandinavian” hierarchical structure.

You will join a rapidly growing company employing 85 people at our facility just north of Copenhagen, and realising a turnover of more than 150 MDKK in 2023. We work actively with the UN’s Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) and strive to make our business fully sustainable.

Ibsen Photonics is majority owned N. Foss & Co. A/S, a world leader in analytical solutions for the agricultural industry, with an annual turnover of 2.5 Billion DKK and more than 1.800 employees.