Photonic Test & Automation Engineer

HyperLight Corporation; Cambridge (MA); On-site; USD 90,000 - 180,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health coverage

401(k) matching

Parental leave

Life and disability insurance

Commuter benefits

Professional growth

Job summary

HyperLight Corporation is seeking a Photonic Test Development Engineer to design and execute wafer-level measurements on photonic integrated circuits. You will build scalable, automated test systems and collaborate with external partners to ensure high-quality manufacturing feedback.

The role requires hands-on experience with test equipment and a proactive approach to data analysis, with travel up to 25% to support partners globally.

Qualifications

• 3+ years of relevant work experience or an advanced degree in electrical engineering, physics, or a related field.
• Strong communication skills and an enthusiasm for collaborating to build scalable test systems and procedures.
• Extensive hands-on experience in using and automating test and measurement equipment.
• Expertise with common test equipment, such as oscilloscopes, swept laser systems, source measurement units, parameter analyzers, spectrum analyzers, VNAs, and switch matrices.
• Expertise with statistical data analysis, including exploratory data analysis, basic statistical tests, design of experiments, gauge repeatability, curve fitting, statistical process control, and machine learning.
• Familiarity with the working principles of photonic, semiconductor, or RF devices like lasers, electro-optic modulators, transmission lines, optical fiber, optical amplifiers, etc.
• Familiarity with the Python programming language is preferred.
• Experience testing photonic integrated circuits is a plus.
• Familiarity with wafer-level test equipment like automated wafer probers is a plus.
• Bilingual English and Mandarin fluency is strongly preferred.

Responsibilities

• Become an expert on our PIC measurement techniques, test automation, and data processing.
• Develop and improve automated wafer-level measurements and data analysis procedures.
• Serve as a technical expert, leader, and primary point of contact for our external test partners to build a robust and efficient manufacturing test process. This may require periodic international travel to support our partners. We expect this role to require travel up to about 25% of your time.

Skills

Test automation

Data analysis

Python

Statistical methods

Communication

Education

Advanced degree in Electrical Engineering, Physics, or related field

Tools

Oscilloscopes

Swept laser systems

Source measurement units

Parameter analyzers

Spectrum analyzers

VNAs

Switch matrices

Wafer probers

Job description

HyperLight Corporation is seeking a Photonic Test Development Engineer to design and execute wafer-level measurements on photonic integrated circuits. You will build scalable, automated test systems and collaborate with external partners to ensure high-quality manufacturing feedback.

The role requires hands-on experience with test equipment and a proactive approach to data analysis, with travel up to 25% to support partners globally.