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Laser laboratory engineer (recent graduate in physics, electrical engineering welcome)

Towcester
Lumentum
Electrical engineering
Posted: 5 July
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Laser Laboratory Engineer (recent graduate in physics, electrical engineering welcome)

Lumentum Towcester, England, United Kingdom


Laser Laboratory Engineer (recent graduate in physics, electrical engineering welcome)

Lumentum Towcester, England, United Kingdom

It's fun to work in a company where people truly BELIEVE in what they're doing!

We're committed to bringing passion and customer focus to the business.

If you like wild growth and working with happy, enthusiastic over-achievers, you'll enjoy your career with us!

Laser Laboratory Engineer (Chip Verification) (Optoelectronics, NPI, photonic integrated circuits (PICs))

Lumentum has an opportunity for a Laser Laboratory Engineer (Chip Verification) to join our Chip R&D team. The successful candidate will have the opportunity to test and perform experimental characterisation and performance investigation of advanced photonic integrated circuits and devices, specifically semiconductor laser, modulator, and receiver devices, to enable the rapid and successful completion of chip NPI programmes. The role is based at our Northamptonshire offices.

Job Role

The Laser Laboratory Engineer will be contributing to the development of world-leading optical components for use in ultra-high data rate systems for cloud data centre, 5G mobile and coherent telecommunications optical fibre networks. You will need to work closely with other members of the laser, modulator and receiver design teams, as well as with members of the wider chip R&D community, the product engineering, test, reliability and process architect teams. You must be proactive and be able to work independently and under general supervision.

Key Responsibilities


* Optical and electrical experimental characterisation of new and improved photonic devices and photonic integrated circuits (PICs), for coherent detection and direct detection systems above 100 Gb/s.
* Development of manual, semi-automated and fully automated experimental hardware/software for testing photonic III-V semiconductor devices involving a broad range of disciplines – optical/electrical/RF
* Experimental characterisation of state of the art photonic III-V semiconductor devices, performance investigation; developing new experimental techniques, statistical data analysis; failure mode investigation

Qualifications

SKILLS AND EXPERIENCE

* Degree in physics, electronic, electrical engineering or a related discipline (essential)

Knowledge/Skills

* Specialised knowledge and skills in relevant areas, e.g. semiconductor device physics, testing, electronic design, software development, statistical analysis. (Essential).
* Specific experience of device/component testing for new product introduction, setting up test hardware/software, data acquisition.
* Ability to use scientific and engineering reasoning in a wide range of situations including statistical data analysis.
* Specialised knowledge of semiconductor device processing (desirable)

Experience

* Position is suitable for candidates who have recently graduated and/or with up to 5 years post-graduate experience

Office is based in a rural location and is not supported by public transport.

Commutable from: Northampton, Milton Keynes, Towcester, Rugby, Banbury, Coventry, Kettering, Bedford, Silverstone, Buckingham, Brackley

Keywords: Modulator Engineer, Laser Engineer, photonic integrated circuits (PICs), Detector, Receiver, Engineering, R&D, manufacturing, NPI, Wafer, optoelectronics, semiconductor technology, physics, electronics, photonics, telecommunications, III-V-semiconductor wafers, InP optical components, laser design, statistical analysis, FMEA

There will also be opportunity to travel to supplier sites and other Lumentum locations globally.

Please note successful candidates will need to go through a 7-year background check before commencing employment.

Excellent Salary & Benefits

We offer a competitive salary and provide company benefits such as:

* Competitive Salary
* 25 Holiday + bank holiday, Private Medical, Pension, Health Cash Plan, Training & Development with great career progression, plus much more.

About Lumentum

Lumentum (NASDAQ: LITE) is a market-leading manufacturer of innovative optical and photonic products enabling optical networking and commercial laser customers worldwide. Lumentum’s optical components and subsystems are part of virtually every type of telecom, enterprise, and data center network. Lumentum’s commercial lasers enable advanced manufacturing techniques and diverse applications including next-generation 3D sensing capabilities. Lumentum is headquartered in San Jose, California with R&D, manufacturing, and sales offices worldwide. For more information, visit www.lumentum.com.

Equal Opportunities

Lumentum is committed to equal opportunities and actively seeks applications from all sectors of the community irrespective of sex, race, colour, nationality, ethnic or national origin, disability, marital status, sexual orientation, having responsibility for dependents, age, religion/beliefs, or any other reason which cannot be shown to be justified.

We are an equal opportunity employer and value diversity at our company.

We do not discriminate on the basis of race, religion, color, national origin, sex, gender, gender expression, sexual orientation, age, marital status, veteran status, or disability status.

We will ensure that individuals with disabilities are provided reasonable accommodation to participate in the job application or interview process, to perform essential job functions, and to receive other benefits and privileges of employment.

Please contact us to request accommodation.


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