Staff Test Engineer - Integrated Photonics

IONQ • Berwyn Heights, MD

83d • $123,191 - $161,289

About The Position

We are looking for a Senior Staff Test Engineer in the Integrated Photonics team. In this role, you'll be part of a cross-functional team whose mission is to lead IonQ on its journey to build the world's best quantum computers to solve the world's most complex problems. In this role, you will focus primarily on designing and building the testing infrastructure needed to characterize the photonic integrated circuit (PIC). This includes wafer-level-tester as well as automated testing systems for characterizing passive PIC components, micro-optics, and metalenses, which will be implemented in trapped-ion quantum computer systems. You will also have the opportunity to work with atomic physicists to innovate the trapped-ion quantum computer utilizing integrated photonics. The PIC-based devices you characterize will help drive the overall development of a new and game-changing photonics technology to enable scalable quantum computing.

Requirements

• Master's or Ph.D. in engineering or related field/discipline
• 7+ years of industry experience
• 6+ years of experience in the hands-on characterization of passive PIC components, micro-optics, and/or metalenses
• 5+ years of programming experience in a general-purpose programming language (like Python, Matlab, etc.)
• Experience with bringing up and maintaining multiple optical test labs, including wafer-level testers
• Experience with test equipment driver development and with building and maintaining a testing code repository for automating test measurements
• Strong data processing, visualization, and organizational skills, and related experience with software use (e.g. JMP)
• Familiarity with free-space optics and imaging systems

Nice To Haves

• 7+ years of PIC design and characterization experience of passive PIC components, micro-optics, and/or metalenses
• Experience with bringing up and maintaining a wafer-level test setup for optical measurements
• Experience working with visible-light laser sources and fiber components
• Strong programming skills for data analysis and experimental automation software, and experience with version control systems such as git
• Experience using 3D CAD tools like Autodesk Inventor or SolidWorks
• Familiarity with fabrication processes and design constraints for PICs
• Experience with design, simulation, and layout of PIC components
• Strong understanding of free-space optics and imaging systems

Responsibilities

• Design, build, upgrade, and maintain the PIC testing infrastructure for characterizing passive components, on-chip detectors, micro-optics, and metalenses at both chip and wafer level, for integration into trapped-ion quantum computing systems
• Identify, procure, and install equipment and coordinate with facilities and other IonQ teams to facilitate the development of the PIC testing infrastructure
• Develop testing procedures for component-level characterization, with an emphasis on creating and maintaining underlying drivers and core function scripts to build a robust foundation to allow for flexible, short ramp-up, experiment development
• Train other team members on the testing procedures and ensure team adherence to best practices for code repository maintenance and for summarizing the testing results
• Improve the testing data pipeline by incorporating and extracting layout information to allow for more efficient test definition as well as streamlining the analysis and data storage to ensure smooth accessibility to allow for comparison of measurement results with simulation and between various platforms
• Characterization of passive components, micro-optics, and metalenses to feed back the experimental data to design engineers to improve the component performance across multiple wavelengths and temperatures.
• Collaborate closely with other areas of the PIC team (design, packaging, architecture, foundry) to ensure testing priorities align with the PIC team roadmap and to ensure the results are summarized and communicated in a manner that facilitates design downselection and actionable decisions

Benefits

• Base salary range: $123,191 - $161,289
• Total compensation package includes base, bonus, and equity

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Senior
• Industry: Computer and Electronic Product Manufacturing
• Education Level: Master's degree
• Number of Employees: 251-500 employees