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Photonics Fabrication Engineer

Brightlight Photonics
Cambridge, MA Full Time
POSTED ON 9/22/2026
AVAILABLE BEFORE 3/19/2027

Responsibilities

  • Take responsibility for day to day fabrication operations in:

- Cleanrooms (Harvard CNS, MIT.Nano, Cornell CNF)

- Brightlight Laboratory (photonic material sputtering, optical and physical metrology)

  • Develop novel fabrication recipes
  • Maintain and run existing processes
  • Participate in collaborative R&D projects with academic and industry partners, attend and present at conferences.
  • Opportunities to take on new leadership roles as our fabrication team grows.


Required Qualifications

  • Significant cleanroom experience with demonstrable outcomes
  • Experience with optics/photonics


Preferred Qualifications

  • Degrees:

- PhD can fill senior fabrication engineer

- Bachelors/Masters can fill fabrication engineer

  • Experience with photonic fabrication and development

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