Photonics/Optical Test Development Engineer, Permanent
On behalf of our multinational and leading-industry client we are seeking a Photonics/Optical Test Development Engineer
Hybrid remote work available. Must be able to attend lab in Ottawa, as required.
Job Details
-Become part of a growing Test Engineering team
-As a Test Development Engineer, you will be responsible for developing test solutions for photonics/optics products; including developing the test strategy and test plan, selecting/sourcing test equipment and test fixtures/hardware, developing the test automation software, and deploying the completed test solutions worldwide at manufacturing sites and/or design verification labs
Responsibilities
-Develop and optimize manufacturing test strategies for new and existing photonics products, including leading edge coherent optical products
-Develop manufacturing and/or design verification test plans for optimal test coverage, test time and cost efficiency. Develop test capacity analyses for product demand forecasts provided by Sales/Business Managers
-Develop test hardware solutions including selection of test equipment and test fixtures/test PCBAs
-Develop test software including test automation scripts, operator GUI and data analysis using software languages such as Python, C#, MATLAB, etc.
-Verify test station functional operation, performance, and stability/repeatability
-Generate test documentation such as Manufacturing test plans, test h/w and s/w descriptions, test equipment lists, test station setup procedures and operator test procedures, debug/troubleshooting manuals, training plans, etc.
-Provide training to technicians, test operators and other test engineers as required
-Support root cause analysis & troubleshooting activities on NPI and volume products. Analyze test data to determine issues with product test performance and recommend corrective actions
-Assist in developing budgets, quoting new projects and estimating cost impact of change requests
-Support R&D to perform hands-on design verification testing (DVT) of early product prototypes when requested
-Collaborate with extended teams to develop project schedules and execute projects to completion
Must Have Skills
-Demonstrated experience testing photonics technology products (e.g. PICs, modules, line cards, shelves, etc.).
-Good understanding of fundamental optical concepts such as optical power, optical power loss/gain, optical wavelength/spectrum, polarization, polarization dependent loss, optical signal-to-noise ratio, etc.
-Good understanding of key test and measurement concepts utilized in assessing the performance of optical transmitters, receivers and transceivers, such as bit error rate, eye diagram characterization, constellation, jitter, etc.
-Experience specifying and using test equipment for test and characterization of optical products, such as bit error rate testers, optical power meters, optical amplifiers, optical spectrum analyzers, wavelength meters, BBS, etc.
-Experience developing software/test scripts using object-oriented software languages: Python (preferred), C#, C++, etc.