Senior Photonics Test Engineer

Quera
Albuquerque
Workplace: OnsiteFull timeFunction: QA, Test & Release EngineeringExperience: 3+ yearsEducation: bachelorsSkills: ["Documentation","Communication","Self-starter","Hardware debugging","Collaboration"]

Architect and build die-level and wafer-level photonic test beds for photonic integrated circuits used in neutral-atom quantum computers. Own day-to-day test operations, throughput, uptime, calibration, and measurement repeatability. Develop Python automation for instrument control and data pipelines, define verification and pass/fail criteria with design and foundry partners, and generate test reports and yield analyses that drive the design-fab-test iteration cycle.

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Senior Photonics Test Engineer

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Job Summary

Architect and build die-level and wafer-level photonic test beds for photonic integrated circuits used in neutral-atom quantum computers. Own day-to-day test operations, throughput, uptime, calibration, and measurement repeatability. Develop Python automation for instrument control and data pipelines, define verification and pass/fail criteria with design and foundry partners, and generate test reports and yield analyses that drive the design-fab-test iteration cycle.
Location: Albuquerque
Workplace: Onsite
Employment Type: Full time
Job Function: QA, Test & Release Engineering
Seniority: Mid level

Key Responsibilities

  • •Architect, design, and build die-level and wafer-level photonic test beds from scratch, including probe stations, probing, fixturing, alignment automation, instrumentation, and environmental controls.
  • •Run die-level and wafer-level test campaigns, maximizing throughput and uptime while maintaining calibration and measurement repeatability.
  • •Develop automated test software in Python for instrument control, wafer maps, data acquisition, analysis pipelines, and reporting dashboards.
  • •Partner with photonic design engineers and foundry partners to define verification specs, test structures, and pass/fail criteria and close the loop on design-fab-test iteration cycles.
  • •Generate test reports and statistical yield analyses and communicate results to a multidisciplinary engineering and science team.

Pay and Benefits

Perks:Relocation

Key Requirements

  • •Bachelor's or master's degree in electrical engineering, physics, optical engineering, or a related field.
  • •Minimum 3 years as a Test Engineer or Photonics Engineer with hands-on responsibility for photonic or semiconductor device testing.
  • •Experience specifying, procuring, integrating, and bringing up wafer probers or die-level test stations for photonic or optoelectronic devices.
  • •Hands-on laboratory skills with fiber optics and free-space optics, including fiber-to-chip/edge-grating coupling and active alignment.
  • •Strong automation/programming in Python, including programming lab equipment with SCPI, PyVISA, or LabVIEW.
Experience:3+ yearsSemiconductorsPhotonicsQuantum technologies
Education:Bachelor's
Skills:DocumentationCommunicationSelf-starterHardware debuggingCollaboration
Languages:English
Tech Stack:PythonSCPIPyVISALabVIEW

Company Brief

Quera
Quera operates an online programming education and competitive programming platform, offering coding problems, contests, training resources, and recruitment tools primarily for Persian-speaking students and developers.
Industry: EdTech
Company Size: Small (11 to 50 employees)
Growth: Early Stage Startup
Headquarters: Tehran, Iran
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