Swave Photonics

Displays & Panel Technology · Optics & Photonic Components

Overview

Swave develops Spatial Computing, Holography, holographic chips, and holograms in the HXR chip to create 3D augmented and virtual reality and HUD Heads Up Displays.

Funding and backers

Team
11-50
employees, estimated range
Hiring now
2
open roles
Backers
1
Plug and Play
Momentum
0/100
no fresh signals
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Jobs

≈ $25k – $60k per year (Estimated) · Hybrid · Contractor · Master's Degree · Taiwan
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≈ $63k – $127k per year (Estimated) · Hybrid · Full-Time · 5+ years exp · Bachelor's Degree · Leuven
Python
C++
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Growth

Hiring Momentum
28/100
Slowing
Open positions
2
0 opened / 0 closed in 30 days
ATS activity
Every ~4 hours
11/06/2026
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
100% ▼

Tech stack

Technologies named in job postings at Swave Photonics over the last 12 months, by layer, with the share of postings for each.
Technologies in use
2
Postings analysed
1
Stack modernity
85/100
Languages
C++
Python
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Shared investors1
Plug and PlayVia a fund
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Offices

Where the company hires and what each office is for
Cities
1
Hiring now
1
Countries
1
Busiest office
Leuven
Leuven Belgium
HQ
1 open roles 10-50 est. staff
hires for Industrial Engineering
seen since Apr 2026 job postings