Senior Photonics Module Test Engineer - DOE & Reliability

Monarch Quantum, Inc.; San Diego (CA); On-site; USD 125,000 - 175,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical, Dental, and Vision insurance

Fidelity 401(k) plan with 4% employer匹

Job summary

Monarch Quantum, Inc. is seeking a Senior Photonics Module Test Engineer to own characterization, qualification, and reliability testing of photonic components and modules.

You will design and build test stations, run DOE-driven experiments, and collect optical measurements to drive design decisions toward production readiness. Responsibilities include planning test strategies across EVT, DVT, and PVT, developing automated test sequences in Python/LabVIEW/MATLAB, and delivering lab-quality data

Qualifications

• Minimum 3+ years of hands-on photonics laboratory experience.
• Experience with photonic components or modules testing (burn-in, accelerated aging) is preferred.
• Ability to design and execute structured test plans and document results clearly.

Responsibilities

• Design and operate test setups for photonic components and modules, measuring output power, wavelength, linewidth, phase noise, RIN, nonlinearity, and beam parameters.
• Draft structured DOE test plans, carry out experiments, and deliver data analyses and reports.
• Carry out life testing and trend data analysis; perform failure analysis under SME guidance.
• Develop DVPR test plans and automate test sequences (Python / LabVIEW / MATLAB).

Skills

Photonics lab experience

Optical alignment

DOE & data analysis

Python / MATLAB

Test equipment operation

Free-space & fiber optics

Troubleshooting

Technical communication

Education

B.S./M.S. in Photonics/Physics/Optical Engineering/EE

Tools

LabVIEW

MATLAB

Python

Job description

Monarch Quantum, Inc. is seeking a Senior Photonics Module Test Engineer to own characterization, qualification, and reliability testing of photonic components and modules.

You will design and build test stations, run DOE-driven experiments, and collect optical measurements to drive design decisions toward production readiness. Responsibilities include planning test strategies across EVT, DVT, and PVT, developing automated test sequences in Python/LabVIEW/MATLAB, and delivering lab-quality data