R&D Engineer - Experimental Photonics

R&D Engineer – Experimental Photonics

4+ years of relevant experimental work in photonic circuits and integrated optics in the telecom regime (PhD or Industry)
Proven skill in designing and complex photonics experiments
Proven skill writing control software (preferred Python)
Proven skill modeling and analyzing experiments (preferred Python/Mathematica)
Proven skill in Applied Physics
Proven experience in computational thinking

Testing individual photonic circuits with a variety of optical and electro-optical means
Generating characterization reports and document procedures and troubleshooting
Designing and building experimental test stations and developing the corresponding routines and control software. This includes formulating plans and estimating budgets for experimental builds as well as tracking progress of experimental projects
Participating in the definition of experiments to support fast learnings, and at-scale characterization to enable the deployment of a large quantum computer
Selecting the equipment for specialized tests and coordinating the use of existing equipment
Developing experimental work for advanced components with other cross-functional teams
Extending the way we collect, communicate and correlate experimental results. This may include performing simulations and analyzing data coming from a different variety of sources (e.g. wafer-scale testing)

Experience in leading technical projects
Linear optics, free-space imaging, microscopy, fiber optics
Laser optics (physics, operation, and safety) and nonlinear optics (parametric processes, four-wave mixing, Raman spectroscopy)
Experimental physics at the single-photon level (sources, or quantum optical circuits)
Software development for experimental control systems
Theory of light propagating in confined modes (waveguides, resonators, interferometers)
Theory of quantum optics, nonlinear optics, quantum information theory