Xanadu

Photonics Test Engineer - Wafer Level

Xanadu$100K — $140K *
Manufacturing & Automotive
Less than 5 years of experience
Job Overview by Ladders

Qualifications

  • BS degree in Electrical Engineering, Physics, Materials Science, or related field
  • 1+ years experience with sweep laser systems and lab equipment
  • 1+ years programming semiconductor and optical test equipment
  • 1+ years coding APIs/interfaces for instruments, preferably in Python
  • 1+ years experience testing active photonics devices like photodiodes and lasers
  • 1+ years experience in a high volume manufacturing (HVM) environment

Responsibilities

  • Take ownership of high-volume testing setups and ensure optimal operation
  • Develop test plans and manage equipment allocation
  • Securely capture and store all test results with traceability
  • Propose improvements to testing workflows for better efficiency
  • Act as primary contact for tool failures beyond operator capabilities
  • Maintain clear cross-functional communication regarding testing priorities
  • Participate in development activities with instrumentation experts

Benefits

  • Eligible for equity participation
  • Comprehensive benefits package
  • Opportunity to work in an innovative and growing field
Full Job Description
Your role and responsibilities: As a wafer level test engineer, you will: • Take responsibility and ownership of the operation, performance, and maintenance of Xanadu's high-volume testing setups, ensuring these are at high utilization with support from testing operators. • Make test plans, manage equipment allocation and train operators. • Ensure all test results are securely captured, properly stored, and traceable back to specific wafers, die locations, test scripts, measurement setups and equipment configurations. • Identify and propose improvements to testing workflows and qualification procedures to enhance efficiency, repeatability and reproducibility. • Serve as the point of contact for tool failures that exceed operator capabilities (e.g., diagnosing software bugs in the test scripts or troubleshoot hardware related issues). • Maintain strong cross-functional communications with measurement requesters to ensure clear alignment on test priorities and delivery timeline for results. • Engage in test equipment development activities, alongside our instrumentation experts. Basic qualifications and experience: • BS degree in Electrical Engineering, Physics, Materials Science, or closely related field • 1+ years of experience working with sweep laser systems and general lab equipment such as oscilloscopes, SMUs, power supplies, OPMs, etc. • 1+ years of experience programming semiconductor and optical test equipment. • 1+ years of experience coding APIs/Interfaces for instruments using SCPI, IVI, or other methods (preferably in python) • 1+ years of experience testing active photonics devices such as photodiodes, modulators and lasers. • 1+ years of experience working in an HVM environment. Preferred qualifications and experience: • MS or Ph.D. degree in Electrical Engineering, Physics, or Materials Science. • 3+ years of experience testing integrated photonic solutions. • 3+ years of relevant hands-on experience in HVM testing photodiodes, modulators, ring resonators and other photonic devices. • Experience working with commercial test solutions from vendors such as FormFactor, Ficontec, MPI, Electroglas, TEL and others. • Experience with statistical data analysis and process control for testing. • Understanding of MSA and Gauge R&R. • Knowledge of ISO9001, quality control, and methods such as RCA and FMEA. This is for a new position. Your base salary will be determined based on your location, experience, and internal benchmarks. The base salary range is 100,000 - 140,000 CAD. You will also be eligible for equity and benefits.

About Xanadu

Xanadu Quantum Technologies is a Canadian quantum computing hardware and software company headquartered in Toronto, Ontario. The company develops cloud accessible photonic quantum computers and develops open-source software for quantum machine learning and simulating quantum photonic devices.
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