Senior Photonics Control & Test Engineer

Langham Recruitment; Santa Clara (CA); On-site; USD 144,000 - 240,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Bonus

Equity

Job summary

Langham Recruitment is seeking a Photonics Control and Test Engineer in Santa Clara to design, implement, and validate advanced control systems for integrated photonic circuits. This is a hands-on, multidisciplinary role at the intersection of photonics, control theory, and embedded systems.

You’ll design robust control algorithms, model systems, and perform rigorous testing to ensure optical performance across multi-loop control schemes, collaborating with photonics, hardware, and firmware

Qualifications

• MSc in Optical Engineering or Electrical Engineering with 5+ years industry experience
• PhD in a relevant field with 2+ years industry experience
• Strong foundation in PID control and signal processing
• Experience with optical test equipment such as OSA, interferometers and power meters
• Proficiency in Python for test automation and scripting

Responsibilities

• Design and implement comprehensive test plans, scripts, and validation methodologies
• Develop control algorithms for initialization and stabilization of photonic components
• Build and optimize multi-loop control systems across photonic platforms
• Execute validation testing to assess signal integrity and system performance
• Analyze measurement data using statistics and visualization
• Collaborate with cross-functional teams across photonics, hardware, and firmware

Skills

Control theory

PID control

Signal processing

Python for test automation

Data analysis

Communication skills

Education

MSc in Optical Engineering or Electrical Engineering

PhD in a relevant field

Tools

Optical test equipment

Optical spectrum analysers

Power meters

Interferometers

Modeling/simulation tools

Job description

Langham Recruitment is seeking a Photonics Control and Test Engineer in Santa Clara to design, implement, and validate advanced control systems for integrated photonic circuits. This is a hands-on, multidisciplinary role at the intersection of photonics, control theory, and embedded systems.

You’ll design robust control algorithms, model systems, and perform rigorous testing to ensure optical performance across multi-loop control schemes, collaborating with photonics, hardware, and firmware