Senior Photonic Test Development Engineer

The role

You will design, upgrade, and expand optical testing infrastructure for characterizing on-chip optical devices. This work utilizes both room-temperature and cryogenic setups.

What you will do

• Design, upgrade, and expand testing infrastructure for characterizing classical and quantum integrated photonics devices and components at chip and wafer level scale.
• Develop and document robust testing procedures for component-level characterization.
• Automate the test pipeline including instrument setup, data acquisition, and analysis.
• Collaborate with design, packaging, and system teams to optimize testing features and develop a library of test flows.

Required qualifications

• 3+ years of professional experience in optical spectroscopy, or an equivalent combination of education and experience.
• Master or Ph.D. in engineering, physics, or a related field/discipline, or equivalent practical experience.
• Experience with test instrumentation and methods for room-temperature optical test setups
• Strong data processing, visualization, and organizational skills.
• Familiarity with free-space optics and imaging systems.
• Experience working with laser sources and fiber components.
• Programming experience in a general-purpose programming language (like Python, Matlab, etc.) for test automation.

Nice to have

• 5+ years of design and characterization experience of classical integrated photonics devices.
• Hands-on experience with cryogenic optical test setups.
• Hands-on experience with characterizing integrated photonics devices.

Benefits

• Comprehensive medical, dental, and vision plans
• Matching 401(k)
• Unlimited PTO
• Paid holidays
• Parental/adoption leave
• Legal insurance
• Home technology stipend

Before you apply

• Position requires access to technology subject to U.S. export control and government contract restrictions.
• Employment is contingent on verifying U.S. Person status or obtaining necessary licenses.

About the company

IonQ, Inc. is a quantum platform and merchant supplier delivering integrated quantum solutions across computing, networking, sensing, and security. Headquartered in College Park, Maryland, the company operates globally.