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# Spectroscopy Application Engineer

- **Company:** Cache Valley Photonics, Inc.
- **Location:** Morrisville, NC, United States
- **Experience:** Experienced
- **Contract:** Permanent contract
- **Skills:** Microsoft Excel, Data Analysis, Data Visualization
- **Published:** May 15, 2026
- **Apply:** https://www.indeed.com/viewjob?jk=6e6cb9cb80cabc63

## About the Role

Do you have experience in Teamwork?, Do you have a Master's degree?, * 3-5 years' experience in laboratory or industry work related to spectroscopic, optical, or chemical measurement and analysis

 * Experience defining and following laboratory or manufacturing processes & procedures

Preferred Experience

 * Experience with spectroscopy, including Raman, absorbance, and fluorescence
 * Experience with laser systems and an understanding of laser safety requirements
 * Experience with chemical handling and safety (MSDS)
 * Experience with optical breadboards and optical benches

Education/Skills

 * MS or PhD in chemistry, physics, optics, or related field
 * Strong skills with Excel and comparable data analysis packages
 * Strong communication skills and positive attitude to work with engineering, manufacturing, and business teams towards success of products
 * Strong organizational skills and capability of generating necessary written documentation
 * Self-motivated to work on multiple development projects simultaneously, * Master's (Required)

Experience:

 * Industry: 3 years (Required)

## Description

* Data collection and concept validation for R&D - for internal and external customers with a focus on new applications
 * Collect spectral data from released and experimental systems for use in system characterization and design optimization
 * Perform data analysis to identify underlying patterns and trends, including regressions and PCA.
 * Generate reports on measured system performance including data visualization, technical analysis and recommendations on how to improve results toward key metrics
 * Serve as project engineer on OEM development efforts, helping bring customer inspired technical solutions to fruition
 * Interface with multi-disciplinary teams and communicate with technical experts in optics, electrical design, software algorithms and volume manufacturing
 * Lead the development, refinement and execution of optical system test plans
 * Contribute to commercial and OEM product specification development
 * Collaborate with manufacturing engineering and production teams on quality control procedures, metrics, and analysis


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