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Location: Chennai
Company: Q Space Labs
Responsibilities
- Optical Simulation — run and iterate on photonic and electromagnetic simulations using Ansys Lumerical and Zemax. Translate simulation outputs into actionable design decisions for the hardware team.
- Component Design & Fabrication — work with CAD software and 3D-print optical mounts, enclosures, and mechanical fixtures on the fly as hardware requirements evolve.
- ICD Documentation — read and interpret technical requirements documents and convert them into Interface Control Documents (ICDs) for sharing with external suppliers and partners.
- Clean Room Work — execute hands-on optical assembly, alignment, and testing in a controlled clean room environment. Long hours and strict lab discipline are part of the job.
- Embedded Electronics Collaboration — work alongside the embedded electronics team to integrate photonic subsystems, understanding signal flow, modulation schemes, and hardware interfaces.
- Research & Literature Review — stay current on relevant literature in free-space optics, quantum photonics, and optical communications, and bring insights back to the team in a usable format.
Basic Qualifications
- You have a background in optics, photonics, RF communications, physics, electronics, or computer science — or some combination of these. A perfect pedigree matters less than genuine hardware curiosity.
- You are comfortable being uncomfortable. Early-stage hardware development is iterative, ambiguous, and physically demanding. You treat that as the job, not an obstacle to it.
- You can read a dense technical document and extract what matters without being walked through it.
- You have working knowledge of data modulation and encoding, and a solid grounding in electromagnetics.
- You know Ansys Lumerical and Zemax, or you are prepared to learn them fast and without hand-holding.
