Senior Photonics Test Engineer
| Company | Jabil |
|---|---|
| Location | Ottawa, ON, Canada |
| Salary | $Not Provided – $Not Provided |
| Type | Full-Time |
| Degrees | |
| Experience Level | Senior |
Requirements
- Demonstrated experience in the testing of photonics technology (devices, modules, line cards, shelves, etc.)
- Strong knowledge English (both spoken and written). Able to converse on technical topics in English, and to prepare and present reports in English.
- Good understanding of manufacturing test strategies for optical products.
- Good understanding of the differences between manufacturing test and design verification test.
- Experience with standard test equipment used for test and characterization of fiber-optic products, such as bit error rate testers, optical power meters, optical amplifiers, optical spectrum analyzers, wavelength meters, etc.
- Good understanding of fundamental optical concepts such as optical power, optical power loss/gain, optical wavelength/spectrum, polarization, polarization dependent loss, optical signal-to-noise ratio, etc.
- Good understanding of key test and measurement concepts utilized in optical characterization of transmitters, receivers and transceivers, such as bit error rate, eye diagram characterization, jitter, etc.
Responsibilities
- Develop and optimize manufacturing test strategies for new and existing photonics products.
- Develop manufacturing and/or design verification test plans for optimal test coverage, test time and cost efficiency. Develop test capacity analyses for product demand forecasts provided by Sales/Business Managers.
- Develop test hardware solutions including selection of test equipment and design of test fixtures/test PCBAs.
- Develop test software solutions including test automation scripts, operator GUI and data analysis using software languages such as Python, C#, MATLAB, etc.
- Verify test station operation, performance, stability and robustness.
- Perform hands-on design verification testing (DVT) of prototypes in R&D labs when requested. Maximize reuse of DVT software for subsequent manufacturing test solution.
- Generate test documentation such as test plans, test hardware requirements and descriptions, test software requirements/descriptions, test equipment lists, test procedures, debug/troubleshooting manuals, test capacity analysis, training plans, etc.
- Provide test/diagnostics training to technicians, test operators and other test engineers as required.
- Support root cause analysis/troubleshooting activities on NPI and volume product in test. Analyze test data to determine issues with product test performance and recommend corrective actions.
- Assist in developing budgets, quoting new projects and estimating cost impact of change requests.
- Collaborate with extended teams to develop project schedules and execute projects to completion.
Preferred Qualifications
- Experience with developing test automation software/scripts using standard software languages, such as Python, MATLAB, Test Stand, LabVIEW, C/C++, C#
- Experience with testing pluggable transceivers, such as SFP, QSFP, OSFP, CFP2/CFP4, etc.
- Experience with support of manufacturing sites, where optical products are built and tested.
- Some experience with functional testing of PCBAs is desirable.
- Experience in developing cost-effective test stations for volume manufacturing.