Photonic Fabrication and Test Engineer

Lumina Corp; Cambridge (MA); On-site; USD 120,000 - 180,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health-care coverage

Vision and dental coverage

Training & development

Paid time off

Stock options

Job summary

Lumina Corp is building a visible-light photonic integrated circuit platform and seeks a Photonics Fabrication and Test Engineer to turn concepts into repeatable, high-yield fabrication flows. The role spans process development, integration, metrology, yield, and close collaboration with design and test teams.

You will own core cleanroom steps, drive metrology loops, and push for manufacturability with hands-on lab work and data-driven iteration.

Qualifications

• PhD in Physics, Engineering, or equivalent.
• 2+ years hands-on semiconductor/photonics fabrication process experience.
• Expert in EBL, ICP-RIE, PECVD, Thermal Evap, SEM
• Experience working with measurement stages, optical and electrical probe alignment, data management.
• Strong fundamentals in process engineering: process control, recipe development, documentation discipline
• Demonstrated ability to troubleshoot complex process issues end-to-end
• Comfortable working in a fast-moving, flexible environment with high ownership

Responsibilities

• Develop, own, and improve end-to-end photonics process flows (process integration, recipe development, yield improvement)
• Run and refine core cleanroom steps (as applicable): lithography (photo/e-beam), etch (RIE/ICP), deposition (PECVD/Thermal Evap), lift-off, cleaning, anneals
• Establish robust process windows, controls, and documentation
• Drive metrology + feedback loops (profilometry/ellipsometry/SEM/AFM/optical inspection, etc.) to correlate process to device performance
• Collaborate across fabrication, design, and characterization to improve performance, repeatability, and manufacturability
• Run post-fabrication test and characterisation flows to measure design performance.
• PhD in Physics, Engineering, or equivalent.
• 2+ years hands-on semiconductor/photonics fabrication process experience (industry, lab, or foundry)
• Expert in EBL, ICP-RIE, PECVD, Thermal Evap, SEM (and other typical metrology tools)
• Experience working with measurement stages, optical and electrical probe alignment, data management.
• Strong fundamentals in process engineering: process control, recipe development, documentation discipline
• Demonstrated ability to troubleshoot complex process issues end-to-end
• Comfortable working in a fast-moving, flexible environment with high ownership
• Health-care, Vision, Dental Coverage
• Training & Development
• Paid Time Off (Vacation, Sick & Public Holidays)
• Stock Option Plan

Job description

Lumina Corp is building a visible-light photonic integrated circuit (PIC) platform, bringing high-performance modulators and related devices from lab to product. We’re looking for a Photonics Fabrication and Test Engineer who can turn device concepts into repeatable, high-yield fabrication flows and continuously improve them.

This is a hands-on role spanning process development, integration, metrology, and yield, working closely with design and test to close the loop fast.

What you’ll do

• Develop, own, and improve end-to-end photonics process flows (process integration, recipe development, yield improvement)

• Run and refine core cleanroom steps (as applicable): lithography (photo/e-beam), etch (RIE/ICP), deposition (PECVD/Thermal Evap), lift-off, cleaning, anneals

• Establish robust process windows, controls, and documentation

• Drive metrology + feedback loops (profilometry/ellipsometry/SEM/AFM/optical inspection, etc.) to correlate process to device performance

• Collaborate across fabrication, design, and characterization to improve performance, repeatability, and manufacturability

• Run post-fabrication test and characterisation flows to measure design performance.

• PhD in Physics, Engineering, or equivalent.

• 2+ years hands-on semiconductor/photonics fabrication process experience (industry, lab, or foundry)

• Expert in EBL, ICP-RIE, PECVD, Thermal Evap, SEM (and other typical metrology tools)

• Experience working with measurement stages, optical and electrical probe alignment, data management.

• Strong fundamentals in process engineering: process control, recipe development, documentation discipline

• Demonstrated ability to troubleshoot complex process issues end-to-end

• Comfortable working in a fast-moving, flexible environment with high ownership

• Health-care, Vision, Dental Coverage

• Training & Development

• Paid Time Off (Vacation, Sick & Public Holidays)

• Stock Option Plan

Lumina Corp is an equal opportunity employer. All applicants will be considered for employment without attention to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, veteran or disability status.