Optics Intern - 1021

We are seeking an Optics Intern for our Albuquerque, NM location. All applicants for placement in safety-sensitive positions will be required to submit to a pre-employment drug test.

Key Responsibilities:

• Work with a team of engineers, physicists, and technicians to advance trapped-ion quantum computing technologies
• Help set up an optics and photonics lab in collaboration with other technical and R&D colleagues, including optical, mechanical, electronics, and other technical systems
• Participate in designing, building, testing and alignment of optical systems, including lasers and imaging systems
• Provide technical expertise and support to colleagues, assisting with the resolution of lab- and equipment-related issues and implementing corrective actions as necessary
• Develop, refine, and document photonic designs and experimental setups
• Analyze and present results to teammates and across the company

You Must Have:

• Currently enrolled in a degree seeking program
• Minimum 2+ academic years physics, optics, and/or engineering coursework at the university level
• Graduating on/after December 2027
• Due to national security requirements imposed by the U.S. Government, candidates for this position must not be a People's Republic of China national or Russian national unless the candidate is also a U.S. citizen.
• Due to Contractual requirements, must be a U.S. person (defined as, U.S. citizen permanent resident or green card holder, workers granted asylum or refugee status)

WE VALUE:

• Hands-on experience in an optics or photonics laboratory strongly preferred
• Experience with general experimental techniques and equipment, and data acquisition and analysis
• 1.5+ part-time academic years or 2 full-time summers of research experience in an optics or closely related research lab during an undergraduate/graduate program
• 1+ years research experience at the graduate level
• Strong interpersonal and communication skills
• Programming experience with languages such as Python, C/C++ or similar
• Experience with photonics and/or photonic integrated circuits in a course and/or research lab
• Experience with nonlinear optics in a course and/or research lab
• Modeling and/or simulation experience of physical phenomena using a software package in a course and/or research lab
• Experience with optics and/or photonics modeling software such as Comsol, Lumerical, RSoft, or Zemax in a course and/or research lab