PHOTOLITHOGRAPHY/CHEMICAL TECHNICIANS should have experience or interest in optical lithography, wet chemical etching, polishing, photoresists and metal evaporation.

OPTICAL TECHNICIANS should have experience or desire to learn optical lithography, optical component alignment, and LabView software. You will support the development, fabrication, and packaging of fiber optical devices.

MECHANICAL ENGINEER will be to generate engineering sketches used to convey and disseminate design concepts and perform thermal analysis with occasional stress analysis, using Pro/Engineer and AutoCad. Knowledge of Bellcore, UL, and CE specifications is a plus.

OPTICAL WAVEGUIDE PACKAGING ENGINEER who can package optical-waveguide devices for fiber-optic communications. In particular, you must know how to select materials and implement the necessary packaging techniques. Detailed skills should include designing optoelectronic enclosures; fiber pig tailing; selection and use of solder, epoxies or cements; selection of raw materials like glass, ceramics, and plastics; selection of finished materials like silicon v-grooves; and the use of dicing saws and polishing equipment. Your BS, MS, or PhD degree may be in materials science, mechanical engineering, electrical engineering, optics, or physics, providing that you have specific experience in industry.

POLYMER ENGINEERs/SCIENTISTs at a variety of qualification levels to develop polymer-based devices for fiber-optic communications. We need dynamic individuals to help with materials processing and device fabrication. Knowledge of waveguide-device physics and nonlinear optics is important, with particular emphasis on the electro-optic and thermo-optic effects. You should be a person who knows about various electro-optic or thermo-optic polymer materials, and knows about their mechanical and electrical properties. Ability to lead a fabrication team or to conduct device fabrication is very important. Example skills are selection of materials, spin-coating, metal deposition, electric-field poling, photolithography, reactive-ion etching, wet chemical etching, and electroplating. You should have a minimum of a PhD, an MS with specific research experience, or a BS with experience in industry. Your degree may be in Optics, Physics, Chemistry, Electrical Engineering, Materials Science, or an appropriate alternative.