# Photonics Characterisation Engineer

The role We are looking for a Photonic Characterisation Engineer to join our Photonics team and play a key role in the experimental characterisation of advanced integrated photonic devices. This is a highly hands-on position where you will design and run experiments, operate optical test equipment, analyse measurement data and help turn experimental results into clear engineering insight. Your work will support teams across photonic design, manufacturing and system testing, helping ensure technical decisions are grounded in high-quality, repeatable data. You will work across both die-level and wafer-level characterisation, combining practical laboratory work with Python-based data analysis and experimental automation. Over time, you will take increasing ownership of characterisation activities, from defining test approaches through to delivering results and communicating conclusions to stakeholders. This role is particularly well suited to someone who enjoys being in the lab, working through difficult experimental problems and moving comfortably between optics, software and data. What you'll be doing Design and execute experiments to characterise integrated photonic devices and str

- **Id**: 1238313
- **Url**: <https://alion.io/job/salience-labs-photonics-characterisation-engineer>
- **Role**: Semiconductors
- **Role family**: Semiconductors
- **Employment type**: full_time
- **Work mode**: hybrid
- **Hiring geo confidence**: structured
- **Locations**: Oxford, United Kingdom
- **Countries**: GB
- **Hiring countries total**: 0
- **Visa sponsorship**: no
- **Relocation package**: no
- **Has equity**: no
- **Status**: live
- **First seen at**: 2026-09-08T19:09:55Z
- **Employer posted date**: 2026-11-13
- **Last verified at**: 2026-11-13T19:17:24Z
- **Board verified**: yes
- **Days open**: 66
- **Description format**: text
- **Description chars**: 5136
- **Description truncated**: no
- **Relocation offered**: no
- **Industries**: Optical Communications, Optics & Photonic Components

## Company

- **Id**: 2029320
- **Name**: Salience Labs
- **Domain**: saliencelabs.ai
- **Url**: <https://alion.io/company/saliencelabs>
- **Size band**: 11-50
- **Is staffing agency**: no
- **Employer type**: direct
- **Is intermediary**: no
- **Ats vendor**: Ashby

## Salary estimate

- **Min usd**: 40000
- **Max usd**: 86000
- **Period**: year
- **Method**: role_country_seniority_unknown
- **Sample n**: 480

## Technologies

- **Agile** — Optional: no
- **Jira** — Optional: no
- **NumPy** — Optional: no
- **Python** — Optional: no
- **SciPy** — Optional: no

## Trust

- **Level**: ok
- **Repost count**: 1
- **Days open**: 66

## Requirements

- **Manages managers**: no
- **Security clearance**: no

### Education

- **Level**: phd
- **Optional**: no

## Hiring locations

- **United Kingdom** — Iso: GB; Kind: country

## Lifecycle

- Event: open; At: 2026-09-25T16:23:05Z
- Event: close; At: 2026-10-09T16:46:37Z
- Event: reopen; At: 2026-11-13T19:17:24Z

## Visa

- Country: GB; Licensed sponsor: yes; Adverts offering sponsorship 24m: 0; Sanctioned now: no; Evidence: Licensed UK visa sponsor (Skilled Worker); Route: Skilled Worker

## Liveness

- **Score**: 7
- **Band**: cold
- **Label**: Long shot
- **P open**: 1
- **P active**: 0.255
- **P room**: 0.28
- **Age days**: 66
- **Expected fill days**: 26
- **Reasons**: conf:2, win:tail, crowd:
- **Computed at**: 2026-11-13T22:09:11Z

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