Optics Intern

Minimum 2+ academic years physics, optics, and/or engineering coursework at the university level
Due to national security requirements imposed by the U.S. Government, candidates for this position must not be a People’s Republic of China national or Russian national unless the candidate is also a U.S. citizen.
Due to Contractual requirements, must be a U.S. person (defined as, U.S. citizen permanent resident or green card holder, workers granted asylum or refugee status)

Work with a diverse team, including atomic physicists, engineers, and fabrication experts, to innovate for trapped ion quantum computers
Design and validate integrated photonic components and systems in to deliver and manipulate light across the optical spectrum
Develop, refine, and document photonic designs and experimental setups
Analyze and present results to teammates and across the company

Experimental experience with optics, such as lasers, polarizing elements, optical fibers, imaging systems, and photodetectors in a course and/or research lab
Experience with general experimental techniques and equipment, and data acquisition and analysis
Programming experience such as Python
1.5+ part-time academic years or 2 full-time summers of research experience in an optics or closely related research lab during an undergraduate program
1+ years research experience at the graduate level
Experience with photonics and/or photonic integrated circuits in a course and/or research lab
Experience with nonlinear optics in a course and/or research lab
Modeling and/or simulation experience of physical phenomena using a software package in a course and/or research lab
Experience with optics and/or photonics modeling software such as Comsol, Lumerical, RSoft, or Zemax in a course and/or research lab