Your Availability: Photonics Engineer

FOR A CLIENT OF OURS, WE ARE LOOKING FOR A RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT PHOTONICS ENGINEER

START DATE: ASAP

DURATION: At least 5 months

LOCATION: Leuven area, Belgium

LANGUAGE: English

FUNCTION DESCRIPTION

As a Research and Development engineer your primary role is to manage and conduct the technical follow-up of advanced engineering projects and sponsored applied research projects, involving the development of photonic integrated circuits, with a high business potential for the organization. In this role you will interact with leading photonic research institutes, providing specific expertise.

RESPONSIBILITIES

- Project management of feasibility projects with the aim to reach a technology readiness level
- Design of integrated photonic components in different platforms for prototyping through MPW runs or dedicated runs in foundries to be selected
- Interaction with engineers involved in the packaging studies
- Interaction with simulation and modelling engineers of your team
- Define and follow up of the qualification and environmental testing of pigtailed and packaged devices
- Failure analysis and debugging of proof of concept devices

QUALIFICATIONS

- Master in photonics engineering with first working experience in a R&D environment, PhD in photonics engineering, PhD in applied physics
- Team player that can deal with ambiguity and high risk projects
- Creative mind set
- Problem solving mentality
- Driven to become an expert in the physics of opto-electronic devices
- Driven to become acquainted with photonic 3D printing
- Experience with one of the following integrated optics technologies, PLC glass, SOI, SiN or InP
- Experience with photonics simulations and with Photon Design and/or Lumerical is an asset
- Experience with mask design is an asset

FLUENT IN ENGLISH

- Good communication skills, both written and oral
- Good technical presentation skills

Michael Bailey International is acting as an Employment Business in relation to this vacancy.