OpenLight Photonics
openlightphotonics.com
Actively hiring
Hardware
Optics & Photonic Components
Optical Communications
View 2 jobs
Follow
Overview
Technologies
Salaries
Products
People
Growth
Offices
Jobs
Financials
Funding and backers
Total raised
$3.5M
1 round on record
Latest round
$3.5M
Venture round · Jan 2025 · 20 mo ago
Team
47
US Form 5500 (plan participants) · Dec 2024
Hiring now
14
+14 posted in 30 days
The money's age
Due for its next round
20 months since the last round · and hiring
Momentum
40/100
hiring for its size
Last sign of life
this month
a posting or a news item
Funding rounds
| Round | Date | Amount | Investors | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Venture round | Jan 2025 | $3.5M | — | SEC Form D |
Founders and leadersfrom filings, registers and the company's site
Adam CarterExecutive Officer, DirectorSEC Form D
Similar startupsby what they do, their industry and backers
Photonium pairs senior optical engineers with AI that drives Zemax, CODE V, and an in-house optimizer — from spec to toleranced design…
Black Semiconductor is a German deep-tech company headquartered in Aachen that develops integrated graphene photonics, a technology that…
NewPhotonics designs highly integrated photonic IC chips with optical signal processing for pluggables and co-packaged optics in AI scale…
AI tools for the chips your AI runs on. Say hi to the future of chip design.
Momentum Optics manufactures high-performance, custom sphere, asphere, and freeform optics using a laser chemical process and high-quality…
Photo Electron Soul develops and manufactures photoelectron devices, sensors and related functional materials for advanced imaging and…
Tech stack
Technologies named in job postings at OpenLight Photonics over the last 12 months, by layer, with the share of postings for each.
Technologies in use
11
Postings analysed
10
Stack modernity
73/100
Languages
Python100%
C++10%
Java10%
SQL10%
Frameworks & libraries
NumPy10%
Pandas10%
Sign in to see how your skills match this stack
Sign In
Full OpenLight Photonics tech stack
11 technologies · by team · pay by technology · changes · similar stacks
Salary insights
Compensation ranges based on this company's open jobs
Median
$230k
Typical range
$215k – $230k
Open positions
6
3
Jobs
Senior
100%
| Level | Jobs | Median | Typical range |
|---|---|---|---|
| Senior | 3 | $230k | $215k – $230k |
Highest paying role
Photonic Systems & Applications Engineer
$230k
Normalized to USD per year
People
Adam Carter
Executive Officer, Director
Mario Pannicia
Director
Names and roles come from public filings, company registers and the company's own site. Is this you? Correct or remove
Growth
Hiring Momentum
53/100
Stable
Open positions
14
14 opened / 0 closed in 30 days
ATS activity
Every ~4 hours
Today
Hiring Dynamics
0%
Hiring Focus
The percentage next to each role is its share of the company's job openings over the last 90 days; the arrow shows the shift versus the previous period.
Industrial Engineering
79% ▲
Hardware
7% ▲
Design
7% ▲
Operations
7% ▲
Actively hiring for Industrial Engineering (+11 in 30 days)
Activity Timeline
+14 jobs in a week
Sep 2026
Offices
Where the company hires and what each office is for
Cities
2
Hiring now
2
Countries
1
Busiest office
Goleta
Loading the map
Headquarters
Builds here
Office with open vacancies
Tap a pin for the office
Goleta
United States
HQ
OpenLight Photonics
6 open roles 6 posted in 90 days 17% engineering 50-200 est. staff $230k Avg Salary
hires for Industrial Engineering, Hardware, Operations
6868 Cortona Drive, Goleta, 93117
Santa Clara
United States
Plant / site
Santa Clara
8 open roles 8 posted in 90 days 50-200 est. staff $223k Avg Salary
hires for Industrial Engineering, Design
Jobs
$130k – $230k per year • Equity • Hybrid • Full-Time • Bachelor's Degree • Goleta
Python
CI/CD
Chips/EDA
KLayout
Management
Agile
Apply
≈ $72k – $167k per year (Estimated) • Hybrid • Full-Time • 1+ year exp • Master's Degree • Santa Clara
Python
Pandas
NumPy
Apply
Financials
Total raised
$3.5M
Latest round
Venture - Series Unknown
Funding rounds
1
Funding rounds
| Round | Announced | Amount | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Venture - Series Unknown | 2025 | $3.5M | Details |