QphoX is looking for a Quantum Photonics Engineer/Scientist to design and develop integrated nonlinear conversion devices between various wavelengths. To achieve our mission, we are looking for highly motivated candidates with strong engineering principles, resourcefulness, and deep expertise.

Joining a dynamic team with a rich diversity of backgrounds and nationalities, you'll be at the forefront of developing the next generation of devices aimed at elevating their performance to new heights.

You will be involved in:

• Design of integrated quantum photonic devices
• Measurements of next generation integrated optical devices
• Analyzing, summarizing, and sharing your results.
• Working in collaboration with fabrication, measurement and simulation scientists and engineers.

Skills and knowledge you will bring to QphoX:

• Ms or PhD with practical experience in Quantum Optics/Integrated Photonics
• Hands-on experience in areas such as entangled photon pairs or heralded single photon generation, photon pair correlation functions measurements, HOM and HBT experiments, or other laboratory techniques.
• Experience with single phonon detectors, time taggers, cameras, microscopes, optical fibers.
• Good knowledge in quantum and nonlinear optics, integrated photonics.
• Proficient in Python for data acquisition and analysis.
• Quick to learn new techniques for different tools
• Positive towards working within a team
• Ability to work collaboratively with other engineers, scientists and technicians with a wide range of expertise
• Good organizational and planning skills to achieve set goals on time

Supplementary skills set:

• Experienced with FDTD or frequency domain optical simulation software’s (e.g. COMSOL, ANSYS Lumerical, MEEP).
• Previous experience in cleanrooms nanofabrication

Our Ideal Candidate:

You are excited and passionate about scientific work. Our ideal candidate would be self-motivated, self-organized on assigned tasks, and have a sense of their responsibilities. They would be excited to work at the boundary between design, fabrication and measurement and keep track of the device development lifecycle.

Teamwork is an essential value of our company, hence fitting into the team is crucial. Finally, we have a positive and fast-paced learning environment.

We strongly encourage people of any underrepresented group to apply as we are committed to diversity and work to build an inclusive environment where all people, regardless of gender, race, religion, or background, can thrive.

Benefits and other perks of working with us:

• Competitive salary
• Employment stock ownership plan
• End-year performance-based bonus
• 25 days of holidays on a full-time basis
• Career growth opportunities
• Opportunities to network and connect

About us:

At QphoX we strive to be an inclusive place where a diverse mix of talented people want to come, to learn, to live their passion and do their best work.

We are dedicated to promoting equality, creating a safe environment for everyone, and believe deeply in diversity of race, gender, sexual orientation, religion, ethnicity, national origin, age, socioeconomic background and all the other fascinating characteristics that make us different. We truly think diversity is a strength and working in a diverse environment, and being exposed to a variety of perspectives makes us stronger as a team and better human beings.