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# Photonic Test Development Engineer

- **Company:** HyperLight Corporation
- **Location:** United States
- **Experience:** Experienced
- **Salary:** $90,000.0 - $180,000.0
- **Contract:** Permanent contract
- **Skills:** Data Analysis, Automation of Tests, Statistical Hypothesis Testing, Python (Programming Language), Machine Learning, Statistical Process Control (SPC), Data Processing, PIC Microcontroller, Gauge (Software)
- **Published:** September 4, 2026
- **Apply:** https://startup.jobs/photonic-test-development-engineer-hyperlight-8291592

## About the Role

* Either 3+ years of relevant work experience or an advanced degree in electrical engineering, physics, or a related field.
 * Strong communication skills and an enthusiasm for collaborating to build scalable test systems and procedures.
 * Extensive hands-on experience in using and automating test and measurement equipment.
 * Expertise with common test equipment, such as oscilloscopes, swept laser systems, source measurement units, parameter analyzers, spectrum analyzers, VNAs, and switch matrices.
 * Expertise with statistical data analysis, including topics such as exploratory data analysis, basic statistical tests, design of experiments, gauge repeatability, curve fitting, statistical process control, and machine learning.
 * Familiarity with the working principles of photonic, semiconductor, or RF devices like lasers, electro-optic modulators, transmission lines, optical fiber, optical amplifiers, etc.
 * Familiarity with the Python programming language is preferred.
 * Experience testing photonic integrated circuits is a plus.
 * Familiarity with wafer-level test equipment like automated wafer probers is a plus.
 * Bilingual English and Mandarin fluency is strongly preferred.

## Description

* Become an expert on our PIC measurement techniques, test automation, and data processing.
 * Develop and improve automated wafer-level measurements and data analysis procedures.
 * Serve as a technical expert, leader, and primary point of contact for our external test partners to build a robust and efficient manufacturing test process. This may require periodic international travel to support our partners. We expect this role to require travel up to about 25% of your time.


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