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