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Fast track your future/ Be part of the next technological breakthrough in a fast-growing sector where you’ll never stop learning. By collaborating with like-minded graduates and gaining insights from experienced professionals, you’ll have the freedom to build your own career while pushing boundaries and driving innovation together.

You can expect to:

Create real world impact:
You’ll play a vital role in developing innovative solutions to global challenges, from improving food production to detecting diseases faster.

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Enjoy the freedom to grow:
You can work in the way that suits you best, with all the flexibility and autonomy you need to maximise your talent.

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Explore multidisciplinary opportunities:
You don’t need to have a technical background to work with photonic chips. There’s a role for everyone in our industry, so check out our job board to view all our current opportunities.

03 Job opportunities / We can offer you a wide range of career paths for making the most of your talent. We’ll do everything we can to empower your career progression in line with your ambition and interests. Here are a few roles you could start your journey with:

Photonics Engineer: you’ll design and develop devices with lasers and optical sensors, run tests to improve them, and work with teams to bring these technologies to market. You’ll also optimise existing systems for better performance and reliability.
Optical Systems Designer: you’ll create and test optical setups with lenses and lasers, perform simulations, and troubleshoot design issues. You’ll also play a big role in integrating these systems into applications in telecommunications and biomedical imaging.
Photonic Chip Test Engineer: you’ll use our test setups to perform measurements with our in-house automation software and perform electro-optical measurements on PICs. You’ll also work closely with PIC designers to close the loop between measurement results and design.

PIC Validation Engineer: you’ll validate PIC building blocks and integrated full circuit designs. As well as designing and performing validation, qualification and reliability tests, you’ll work with a team to contribute to the design and build of test setups and participate in (or lead) RCAs.
Quality engineer: you’ll ensure product reliability by implementing and maintaining quality management systems, conducting inspections, and addressing process deviations. To ensure we meet performance, compliance, and customer satisfaction standards, you’ll collaborate with our design, manufacturing, and supply chain teams.

What does a normal week in the Dutch Photonic Chip industry look like?

As you’ll be able to work in the way that suits you best, with new challenges arising all the time, there’s no such thing as a normal week in our industry. But this is what one week in the life of a Senior Reliability Engineer might look like:

What can I expect?

Freedom and flexibility

You’ll have the freedom to shape your career in line with your ambition, and the flexibility to enjoy a healthy work-life balance.

To grow

Whether you’re looking to enhance your practical skills or kickstart your professional journey, our forward-thinking industry is the ideal place for you to flourish.

To make an impact

Your work with photonic chips will have real world impact, whether it’s making safer self-driving cars, creating pocket-sized lab kits or developing AI-solutions.