Liquid Instruments is headquartered in Canberra, Australia, with a U.S. office in Del Mar (San Diego), California. Optics and photonics is our established market. Moku is already in daily use in labs and research groups across the field. It combines the instruments these labs depend on into a single software-defined unit: lock-in amplifiers, PID and laser lock controllers, phasemeters, and waveform generators.
We9re hiring an Associate Product Marketing Engineer to own our presence in this market. You9ll create the technical content, demos, and sales tools that make Moku the clear choice for photonics work.
This is an early-career role with real ownership. You9ll know our photonics customers better than anyone else in the company. The role reports to the VP of Marketing. San Diego preferred; U.S. remote considered.
Your work will includeProduct messaging. You9ll own product-level messaging for the Moku products that serve photonics, built on our existing company and vertical messaging framework.
Technical proof. You9ll write the application notes, benchmark data, and technical webinars that show how Liquid Instruments solutions perform in real photonics work.
Launch content. You9ll create the technical content and enablement materials for new products that serve photonics.
Sales enablement. You9ll build demos, competitive battlecards, and training content for our Sales team, application engineers, and channel partners, drawing on competitive analysis you develop with Product Management. The goal is for them to run a photonics conversation without you in the room.
Voice of the customer. You9ll record and organize what you learn from photonics customers and share it with Product Management and R&D.
Technical presence. You9ll work with photonics customers in their labs to run measurements, give demos, and lead technical sessions. You9ll represent Liquid Instruments at key events. Expect about 10-20% travel.
You9ll work closely with the Content, Field Marketing, and Design teams. They own the blog calendar, social channels, website production, and event logistics.
What success looks likeWithin the first 6-12 months:
- You can explain, without notes, how photonics customers work, where they get stuck, what else they could buy, and why Moku is different
- You9ve published at least four application notes, case studies, or benchmark studies. Sales cites them, and prospects find them on their own
- Sales teams run your demos and use your battlecards without you on the call
- You give Product and R&D organized customer evidence on a regular schedule
- You9ve created the technical content for at least one product launch
- You9re the person inside Liquid Instruments people go to with a photonics question
Requirements- BS, MS, or PhD in Optics, Photonics, Physics, Electrical Engineering, or a related technical field
- 2+ years of professional experience in engineering, applications engineering, application science, technical marketing, or another customer-facing technical role. We9ll also consider recent PhDs with substantial hands-on lab experience in photonics.
- Hands-on familiarity with test and measurement equipment such as oscilloscopes, spectrum analyzers, lock-in amplifiers, and waveform generators
- Working knowledge of optics and photonics applications and the instruments they use
- Strong technical writing ability, with published work or writing samples to share
- Able to manage several priorities at once on a fast-moving team
- Travel for industry events and customer engagements (10-20%)
Base compensation: $95,000 - $115,000, depending on experience.
