Photonic Test EngineerDepartment: Development and Engineering
Employment Type: Full Time
Location: British Columbia, Canada
Compensation: The base annual salary range for this full-time role is between $94,200 and $130,000. This range reflects the minimum and maximum target range for new hire base salary across all Canadian locations. Actual compensation may vary outside of this range and is dependent on various factors including but not limited to a candidate's qualifications including relevant education and training, competencies, experience, geographic location, and business needs. Base pay is only one part of the total compensation package. Full time roles are eligible for equity and benefits. Base pay is subject to change and may be modified in the future.
DescriptionPhotonic Test Engineers at Photonic are part of a team to realize first-of-their-kind photonic all-integrated circuits for implementing truly scalable quantum technologies. You will be developing, implementing and testing measurement procedures to characterize quantum emitters embedded in photonic circuits at cryogenic temperatures. As a Photonic Test Engineer, you are a specialist in testing photonic on-chip devices and are familiar with evaluating and improving their performance. You will work in a diverse, fast-paced, and multi-disciplinary team of engineers, scientists and technicians.
WHAT WE NEED YOU TO DO- Develop and implement high-throughput test plans to characterize quantum emitters embedded in active and passive large-scale on-chip silicon photonic circuits - cryogenic and room-temperature
- Plan for new measurement concepts and architectures to validate and improve quantum emitter performance
- Design and optimise measurement sequences to reduce cycle time and maximise test throughput
- Develop and document test and measurement processes and procedures, including developing standard operating procedures
- Define test stations that integrate temperature-controlled environments with optical and electrical subsystems in collaboration with Device Engineering
- Define automation requirements to improve test station productivity and repeatability, pushing continuous improvement and efficiencies to our systems and processes
- Communicate across an interdisciplinary team with varying levels of quantum expertise to translate complex problems to actionable tasks
- Define and align acceptance criteria for test stations and methods to be adopted in the test and assembly flow with the Test and Device Engineering teams
- Execute cryogenic tests and generate scripts to analyze results, troubleshooting, diagnosing, to meet chip measurement goals
- Characterize test station performance and repeatability
WHAT YOU BRING TO OUR TEAM- PhD or Master's degree in physics, applied physics, materials science, electrical engineering, or other relevant discipline
- 3+ years of hands-on experience with photonic or quantum devices
- Knowledge of and hands-on-experience with integrated photonics and optics
- Experience developing automated test and data acquisition scripts (e.g., Python)
- Ability to translate research-style experiments into scalable, repeatable engineering processes
- Working experience on developing automated data acquisition, test and analysis scripts
- Excellent teamwork, interpersonal and written communication skills.
- Good organization, problem solving skills.
- Attention to detail
An exceptional candidate will bring:- Hands-on experience with quantum emitters
- Experience translating research-style systems to standard, productionised processes
- Experience analysing large data sets and drawing conclusions on device yield and quality
- Broad experimental capability across optics, electronics, and cryogenic systems
- Strong understanding of electronics and electromagnetic compatibility
