K2 Space
Senior Photonics Test & Automation Engineer
$150K–$220K
Los Angeles, CA +1 · Senior · Full-time · Posted Oct 23, 2026
- Location
- Los Angeles, CA
Los Angeles - Experience
- 5+ years of hands-on PIC or optoelectronic component testing.
- Education
- Bachelor's degree in electrical engineering, physics, optics, or a related technical field, or an equivalent combination of education and experience.
- Visa sponsorship
- Must be a “U.S. person” as defined by 22 C.F.R. § 120.15 or otherwise eligible for a federally issued export control license.
About the job
Build and own automated photonic integrated circuit (PIC) testing systems and software, from initial device characterization through production screening, including integration with free-space optical testbeds.
What you'll do
- Design automated wafer-, die-, and module-level PIC test stations and characterize photonic devices.
- Develop Python test automation, instrument drivers, and shared data pipelines; connect PIC stations with free-space optical testbeds.
- Establish design-for-test and lab standards, support environmental testing, and scale test processes for production.
What they ask for
- Bachelor's degree in electrical engineering, physics, optics, or a related technical field, or an equivalent combination of education and experience.
- 5+ years of hands-on experience testing photonic integrated circuits or optoelectronic components.
- Experience building automated test stations from scratch using Python for instrument control, test frameworks, and data analysis.
- Hands-on free-space optics experience, including alignment and beam characterization.
Nice to have
- Advanced degree (MS or PhD) in a related field.
- Experience integrating free-space optical setups into automated test, or with high-speed electro-optic characterization, environmental testing, or production test.
Pay
$150,000 - $220,000 USD base salary
Tools
Python, CI, spatial light modulators, phase screens, cameras, wavefront sensors, VNAs, BERTs
AI focus
Use AI-assisted tooling in test automation software development.
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