Laser Test Engineer

Job Title - Laser Test Engineer
Salary - circa £38k
Location - Rugby
Hours - 37.5 hours per week Monday to Thursday 8.30am to 5.30pm and 8.30am to 1.00pm on Friday

Purpose of the Laser Test Engineer role:
Our client is looking for a Laser Test Engineer to join the team to test laser systems in a laboratory production environment, and will be primarily responsible for optical assembly, test, characterisation, calibration and documentation of a range of high-power diode laser test stations as part of production process.

Main duties and responsibilities of a Laser Test Engineer:

• Carrying out high power laser diode testing including; power, spectrum, near-field and far field beam profiling, polarization and thermal performance on a variety of mounted and unmounted laser diode bars and chips.
• Development and documentation of operating procedures for high power diode laser testing stations.
• Development, execution and documentation of calibration procedures for high power diode laser testing stations.
• Performs the set-up, calibration, testing and troubleshooting of circuits, components, instruments and mechanical assemblies.
• Analysis of testing data and presentation of complex results in a consistent and concise reporting format.
• New test station and methodology development including integration of equipment hardware and software.
• Manage test scheduling and results data base.
• Continuous focus on improvement of test station accuracy, repeatability and productivity.

Experience/knowledge requirements for a Laser Test Engineer:

• Ability to work as part of a team and to high quality standards.
• Excellent oral and written communication skills.
• Be able to work proactively, and independently whilst focused on deadlines.
• Experience with lasers would be beneficial but more of a practical electronic/mechanical assembly and test engineering would be advantageous.
• Working knowledge of measurement instrumentation such as optical power measurement heads, pulsed and CW current sources, micro-positioning and scanning systems.

Please contact Amy Hutchinson on (phone number removed) for more information.