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Photonics Experimental & Fabrication Engineer

Zero Point Motion · Bristol

Zero Point Motion is a small Bristol deep-tech company, founded in 2020, building photonic chips for sensing. This engineer runs the experiments on real lasers, photodetectors and active PICs, turning large measurement datasets into a clear picture of how the devices actually behave.

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Company
Zero Point Motion
Where
Bristol
Function
Engineering
Posted
3 weeks ago
Team
Technical

The role

What you’ll do

  • Design and run experiments on lasers, photodetectors and active PICs
  • Run automated wafer-scale and lot-scale measurements
  • Separate noise, drift and nonlinear effects in large datasets
  • Write Python for data processing, automation and experiment control

What you’ll need

  • Hands-on experience with lasers, photodetectors and PICs or fibre waveguides
  • Experience with active, bias-dependent device behaviour
  • Fabrication or process experience applied analytically
  • Python well beyond simple scripts, plus comfort with statistics and lab instruments

Good to know: Share options, pension and private medical insurance.

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