What are the responsibilities and job description for the Electro-Optic Photonic Researcher position at Altair?
Transforming the Future with Convergence of Simulation and Data
Electro-Optic Photonic Researcher
Job Summary
Our client in Ann Arbor, MI is looking for an Electro-Optic Photonic Researcher. This is a contract position.
What You Will Do
Altair is a global technology company providing software and cloud solutions in the areas of data analytics, product development, and high-performance computing (HPC). Altair enables organizations in nearly every industry to compete more effectively in a connected world, while creating a more sustainable future. With more than 3,000 engineers, scientists, and creative thinkers in 25 countries, we help solve our customer’s toughest challenges and deliver unparalleled service, helping the innovators innovate, drive better decisions, and turn today’s problems into tomorrow’s opportunities.
Our vision is to transform customer decision making with data analytics, simulation, and high-performance computing.
For more than 30 years, we have been helping our customers integrate electronics and controls with mechanical design to expand product value, develop AI, simulation and data-driven digital twins to drive better decisions, and deliver advanced HPC and cloud solutions to support unlimited idea exploration. To learn more, please visit altair.com
Ready to go? #ONLYFORWARD
At our core we are explorers; adventures; pioneers. We are the brains behind some of the world’s most revolutionary innovations and are not only comfortable in new and unchartered waters, we dive headfirst. We are the original trailblazers that make the impossible possible, discovering new solutions to our customer’s toughest challenges.
Altair is an equal opportunity employer. Our backgrounds are diverse, and every member of our global team is critical to our success. Altair’s history demonstrations a belief that empowering each individual authentic voice reinforces a culture that thrives because of the uniqueness among our team.
Electro-Optic Photonic Researcher
Job Summary
Our client in Ann Arbor, MI is looking for an Electro-Optic Photonic Researcher. This is a contract position.
What You Will Do
- Conduct research to meet project targets and key performance indicators (e.g. reports, and project milestones).
- Drive novel research of electro-optic devices, such as electronic modulated integrated photonics, for applications in quantum photonics, sensing, and communication.
- Independently spin-up electro-optic design concepts through validation of performance, folding in outside PDKs and DRC methods while optimizing design performance.
- Work with vendors to push the limits and fabricate state of the art / novel photonic and electronic devices.
- Publishing your results in competitive journals and conferences.
- Frequently communicate with a diverse group of scientists, university collaborators and management team.
- PhD in related field (Electrical Engineering, Optics, Physics) or Master’s with equivalent experience.
- Deep experience in electro-optic technology. Capability for simulation, design, layout, and lab measurement of electro-optic and integrated photonic proof of concept devices.
- Experience in electronics testing on optical tables including automation of experiments and data collection using Python.
- Familiarity with wave physics such as electromagnetics and/or wave optics and capability to develop simulations within numerical tools (COMSOL, Lumerical, and tidy3d as examples).
- Familiarity with packaging of electronic and photonic devices.
- Familiarity with spin-defect quantum concepts.
- Familiarity with software to assist with prototyping process such as Python, Klayout, PCB schematic and layout editors.
- Envision the Future
- Communicate Honestly and Broadly
- Seek Technology and Business “First”
- Embrace Diversity and Take Risks
- Competitive Salary
- Comprehensive Benefit Package
- 401(k) with matching contributions
- Paid Time Off
- Employee Discounts
- Free training on all Altair products
Altair is a global technology company providing software and cloud solutions in the areas of data analytics, product development, and high-performance computing (HPC). Altair enables organizations in nearly every industry to compete more effectively in a connected world, while creating a more sustainable future. With more than 3,000 engineers, scientists, and creative thinkers in 25 countries, we help solve our customer’s toughest challenges and deliver unparalleled service, helping the innovators innovate, drive better decisions, and turn today’s problems into tomorrow’s opportunities.
Our vision is to transform customer decision making with data analytics, simulation, and high-performance computing.
For more than 30 years, we have been helping our customers integrate electronics and controls with mechanical design to expand product value, develop AI, simulation and data-driven digital twins to drive better decisions, and deliver advanced HPC and cloud solutions to support unlimited idea exploration. To learn more, please visit altair.com
Ready to go? #ONLYFORWARD
At our core we are explorers; adventures; pioneers. We are the brains behind some of the world’s most revolutionary innovations and are not only comfortable in new and unchartered waters, we dive headfirst. We are the original trailblazers that make the impossible possible, discovering new solutions to our customer’s toughest challenges.
Altair is an equal opportunity employer. Our backgrounds are diverse, and every member of our global team is critical to our success. Altair’s history demonstrations a belief that empowering each individual authentic voice reinforces a culture that thrives because of the uniqueness among our team.
