PIC Characterization Engineer
Listed on 2026-06-18
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Engineering
Electronics Engineer, Electrical Engineering, Systems Engineer
Job Summary
Lead characterization and validation of advanced integrated photonic systems for next-generation optical interconnects.
Support photonic sub-assembly bring-up, system testing, calibration, and performance analysis from prototype through product maturation.
Develop scalable automated test methodologies for active photonic devices and electro-photonic systems.
Collaborate closely with photonic designers, electronics, packaging, firmware, and manufacturing teams to enable rapid development cycles.
Responsibilities- Perform optical and electro-photonic characterization of PICs and photonic sub-assemblies.
- Develop automated test frameworks for validation, calibration, and data collection.
- Characterize active photonic devices including switches, modulators, heaters, and monitor photodiodes.
- Analyze metrics including insertion loss, crosstalk, switching speed, bandwidth, and power consumption.
- Work with photonic designers to correlate silicon results with simulations and improve designs.
- Support hardware bring-up, debugging, and failure analysis.
- Document test procedures and summarize technical results for cross-functional teams.
- Ph.D. or M.S. in Electrical Engineering, Physics, Photonics, or related field.
- 3+ years of experience in photonic characterization or integrated photonics development.
- Hands‑on experience with optical lab equipment such as tunable lasers, OSAs, power meters, scopes, and probe stations.
- Experience characterizing active photonic and electro-photonic systems.
- Strong test automation and data analysis skills using Python.
- Familiarity with calibration methods, thermal tuning, and photonic control systems.
- Strong debugging and cross‑functional collaboration skills.
Psi Quantum provides equal employment opportunity for all applicants and employees. Psi Quantum does not unlawfully discriminate on the basis of race, color, religion, sex (including pregnancy, childbirth, or related medical conditions), gender identity, gender expression, national origin, ancestry, citizenship, age, physical or mental disability, military or veteran status, marital status, domestic partner status, sexual orientation, genetic information, or any other basis protected by applicable laws.
Base pay ranges: U.S. Base Pay - $110,000 to $145,000 USD.
Bay Area Pay - $152,000 to $175,000 USD.
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