Photonic Test EngineerDepartment: Test Packaging Integration
Employment Type: Full Time
Location: British Columbia, Canada (Onsite)
Compensation: CA$97,300 - CA$133,800 / year
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 Photonics 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 active and passive large-scale on-chip silicon photonic circuits.
- Plan for new measurement concepts and architectures to validate and improve device 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 optical and electrical subsystems in collaboration with Device Engineering
- Define automation requirements to improve test station productivity and repeatability, driving continuous improvement and efficiency across our systems and processes.
- Communicate across an interdisciplinary team with varying levels of photonic 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, in collaboration with the Test and Device Engineering teams.
- Execute tests, generate scripts to analyze results, and troubleshoot and diagnose issues 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
- Experience developing automated test, data acquisition, and analysis scripts (e.g. Python).
- Excellent teamwork, interpersonal and written communication skills.
- Strong organizational and problem-solving skills.
- Attention to detail.
An exceptional candidate will bring:- Hands-on experience with wafer scale measurements
- 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 and electronics
- Strong understanding of electronics and electromagnetic compatibility
