PICs@ICFO Strategic Initiative: Research Engineer in Materials Structuring and Characterization of Photonic Integrated Circuits

Institute of Photonic Sciences; Castelldefels; On-site; EUR 42,000 - 64,000; Full time

Job summary

Institute of Photonic Sciences (ICFO) seeks a Research Engineer to advance materials structuring and the characterization of photonic integrated circuits within the PIXEurope Pilot Line.

You will contribute to nanofabrication and characterization workflows, interfacing with the Optoelectronics group and Nanocharacterization lab, and collaborating with academic and industrial partners on frontier PIC technologies.

Qualifications

• Experience in integrated photonics material research and PICs.
• Ability to set up nanofabrication and characterization workflows.
• Strong collaboration with academic and industrial partners.

Responsibilities

• Set up, run and consolidate nanofabrication techniques for PIC development within PIXEurope Pilot Line.
• Set up, run and consolidate characterization techniques for PIC development within PIXEurope Pilot Line.
• Contribute to characterization and application-oriented activities of PIXEurope Pilot Line and related projects.
• Interface with multidisciplinary teams to establish high-quality characterization workflows.

Skills

Nanofabrication

PIC characterization

Materials research

Failure analysis

Multidisciplinary teamwork

Education

MSc/PhD in Materials Science or Applied Physics

Tools

SEM

AFM

RIE

Profilometer

Job description

PICs@ICFO Strategic Initiative: Research Engineer in Materials Structuring and Characterization of Photonic Integrated Circuits

As part of the PICs@ICFO Strategic Initiative, ICFO coordinates PIXEurope, a flagship Pilot Line funded under the European Chips JU program focused on Advanced Photonic Integrated Circuits (PICs) through which ICFO is advancing frontier technologies, including optical interposers for Co-packaged optics for next-generation optoelectronic and photonic devices.

To strengthen this initiative, ICFO is seeking PIC Nano-structuring and Nano-characterization Research Engineer with a strong technical background in materials research, characterization of morphology and interfaces, failure analysis, and photonic integrated circuits characterization.

Position Overview:

We offer a research engineer position to an experienced engineer with demonstrated expertise in integrated photonics and material research, especially characterization of PICs and their related materials. The successful candidate will contribute to both technical innovation and Pilot Line development in collaboration with academic and industrial stakeholders.

Key Responsibilities:

The selected candidate will be expected to:

• Set-up, run and consolidate some nanofabrication techniques for PIC development within the PIXEurope Pilot Line.
  
• Set-up, run and consolidate the characterization techniques for PIC development within the PIXEurope Pilot Line.
  
• Contribute to characterization and application-oriented activities of PIXEurope Pilot Line and other projects related to PICs.
  
• Interface with multidisciplinary teams and contribute to the establishment of high-quality characterization workflows.
  

This position is hosted by the Optoelectronics group, led by Prof Valerio Pruneri, and the Nanocharacterization lab, led by Dr. Johann Osmond.

PIXEurope is co-funded by the Chips Joint Undertaking and national funding authorities of the Participating States, Spain, Ireland, The Netherlands, Finland, Belgium, Portugal, Poland, Austria, France, Italy, United Kingdom. In particular, it is co-funded by Spain through the Ministry for Digital Transformation and Civil Service under reference CJU-010000-2025-0005, as part of the Recovery, Transformation and Resilience Plan (PRTR).

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