Silicon Photonics Test Engineer, Optical Circuit Switches

Voyant Photonics; New York (NY); Sur place; USD 120 000 - 160 000; Plein temps

Résumé du poste

Voyant Photonics in NYC is seeking a Silicon Photonics Systems Test Engineer to join the Systems Team. You will help stand up the first OCS test benches, characterize early chips and prototypes, and translate results into design decisions.

The role requires 4+ years in photonic test, hands-on lab expertise with tunable lasers, optical power meters, OSAs, polarization controllers, and fiber handling; Python automation, and ability to work on-site.

Qualifications

• BS in Electrical Engineering, Physics, Optics, or a related field (MS or PhD a plus).
• 4+ years of hands-on experience in photonic or optical test, characterization, or early-stage technology derisk, though we're open to exceptional candidates at other experience levels who show strong potential and the right attitude.
• Hands-on experience with optical lab equipment (tunable lasers, optical power meters, optical spectrum analyzers, polarization controllers) and fiber handling and coupling, plus standard electrical equipment.
• Demonstrated experience automating test equipment and analyzing large datasets.
• Proficiency in Python for test automation and data analysis.
• Comfort working closely with models: understanding the assumptions behind a loss budget or circuit simulation, designing experiments to test them, and explaining discrepancies in physical terms.
• Strong systems-level thinking and the ability to apply physics and engineering fundamentals to debug complex, ambiguous problems.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills, able to turn raw data into clear reports and actionable hypotheses.
• A self-starter who thrives with minimal formal process, and is comfortable defining structure where it doesn't yet exist.
• Must be able to work on-site.

Responsabilités

• Plan and run rapid derisk experiments on early SiPh test chips and subsystems to validate key architectural assumptions.
• Characterize optical performance across switch paths, including insertion loss, crosstalk, extinction ratio, polarization and wavelength dependence, and switching time.
• Correlate measurements against device, circuit, and system models, and feed discrepancies back to design and modeling with clear physical explanations.
• Identify and measure the indicators that predict how performance will scale with port count, such as per-element variation, neighbor crosstalk, and calibration effort per port.
• Design, build, and automate OCS test benches from the ground up, with test approaches that can scale as port counts grow.
• Generate clear test reports and well-formed hypotheses that drive design decisions and inform specification limits.
• Collaborate closely with photonics design, modeling, controls, electronics, and firmware engineers, and with peers on our LiDAR program.
• Move fluidly between quick-turn exploratory experiments and disciplined, repeatable characterization.

Connaissances

Photonic test experience

Python for test automation

Optical lab equipment handling

Fiber alignment & coupling

Data analysis

Systems-level thinking

Formation

B.S. in Electrical Engineering, Physics, or Optics

Outils

Lumerical

Description du poste

Voyant Photonics in NYC is seeking a Silicon Photonics Systems Test Engineer to join the Systems Team. You will help stand up the first OCS test benches, characterize early chips and prototypes, and translate results into design decisions.

The role requires 4+ years in photonic test, hands-on lab expertise with tunable lasers, optical power meters, OSAs, polarization controllers, and fiber handling; Python automation, and ability to work on-site.