Photonics PIC Test & Automation Engineer

Acceler8 Talent; Boulder (CO); Hybrid; USD 150,000 - 220,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Equity

Job summary

Acceler8 Talent is assisting a Boulder-based hardware team in hiring a Photonics Test Engineer focused on PIC characterization and automation. The role entails hands-on testing of photonic integrated circuits and building robust test setups that yield data-driven results.

The ideal candidate will automate measurements with Python, handle optical/electrical test equipment, and contribute to transitioning prototypes into reliable systems.

Qualifications

• Hands-on experience testing photonic integrated circuits.
• Ability to build test setups from scratch and automate measurements.
• Experience with optical/electrical test equipment is required.

Responsibilities

• PIC testing and characterization.
• Fiber-to-chip coupling and alignment.
• Optical / electro-optical test setups.
• Python-based automation.
• Work with lasers, modulators, detectors, waveguides and couplers.
• Assess insertion loss, bandwidth and polarization; perform reliability analysis.

Skills

Hands-on photonic IC testing

Fiber-to-chip alignment

Python-based automation

Electrical/optical test setups

Tools

Python scripting

Lab automation

Job description

Acceler8 Talent is assisting a Boulder-based hardware team in hiring a Photonics Test Engineer focused on PIC characterization and automation. The role entails hands-on testing of photonic integrated circuits and building robust test setups that yield data-driven results.

The ideal candidate will automate measurements with Python, handle optical/electrical test equipment, and contribute to transitioning prototypes into reliable systems.