Optical Verification Engineer Co-op/Intern

Lumentum•Ottawa, ON

15h•Onsite

About The Position

Lumentum is seeking an enthusiastic and innovative Optical Verification Engineer (Co-op/Intern) to join the R&D Design Verification and Characterization (DVaC) team in Switching & Optical R&D based in Ottawa, Ontario. The Opportunity 8-month term (preferred): Sept 2026 to Apr 2027 12-month term: Sept 2026 to Aug 2027 Pay Range: $24-35/hr Existing Vacancy

Requirements

2+ years towards a degree in Computer/Electrical Engineering, Engineering Physics or equivalent.
Candidates must be registered full-time or part time, in a recognized Canadian post-secondary institution.
Demonstrated technical expertise in active optical & electromagnetic components.
Ability to take initiative in your tasks and ask meaningful questions.
Team guidance skills.
Strong, persistent troubleshooting and debugging skills.
Good understanding of test plans, test execution, and bug reporting.
Excellent verbal and written communication skills.
Basic understanding of electrical hardware concepts.

Nice To Haves

Experience in software development, drivers, instrumentation and automation is an asset.
Familiarity with optical lab practices is an asset.

Responsibilities

Employing theoretical concepts and principles from optics & photonics in practice, to improve the robustness of our test & measurement techniques.
Sharing your advanced knowledge of optical technologies with the team to further team growth.
Developing test measurement techniques and station architectures to characterize critical optical parameters.
Designing and conducting test cases to properly validate the operation of critical product features.
Implementing and expanding upon automated test software and scripts that improve our test coverage as well as the quality of our results.
Analyzing and characterizing optical, hardware and software failures and reporting them to relevant designers using our internal process and tools.
Applying best practices and contributing to the ongoing improvement of team processes and test execution.