$200 - $400,000,000 USD yearly
Take technical ownership of high-power quantum dot lasers and optical amplifier designs from prototype through production.
About the role
Quintessent is seeking a senior laser expert to take technical ownership of high-power laser and amplifier designs and transition them from prototypes into production.
What you'll do
- Drive laser and optical amplifier designs from concept through prototype, product, and production.
- Lead the architecture, design, performance modeling, and data analysis of high-power quantum dot lasers and amplifiers.
- Make key technical decisions to optimize product performance, yield, reliability, and scalability.
- Work alongside fabrication, test, and reliability teams to achieve product goals.
- Help define the roadmap for Quintessent’s laser platforms.
What you'll need
- PhD in Physics, Applied Physics, Electrical Engineering, or a similar field, plus 5+ years of industry experience.
- Deep experience designing high-power (200-400 mW+) III-V semiconductor lasers.
- Hands-on experience across design, simulation, fabrication, test, and failure analysis.
- Strong command of simulation tools and methods (such as FMM, FDTD, and TDTW).
- Experience taking devices from prototypes to real products.
Nice to have
- Experience supporting high-volume production.
- Experience conducting electrical and thermal simulation.
- Experience working directly with customers or partners.
Skills: quantum dot lasers, III-V, optical amplifiers, FDTD, semiconductor lasers
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This role has been open 4 days — well below the 71-day median for Optical/Photonics IC Design roles.
Optical/Photonics IC Design · Photonics
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Open roles in category
161
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Median days open
71 d
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Category median salary (all employers)
$194k
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| Metric | Quintessent | All employers we track in this specialty (161 roles · 35 employers) |
|---|---|---|
| Open roles in this specialty | 1 | 161 |
| Median days open | 4 d | 71 d (−67 d vs this employer) |
| Median salary (USD postings) | — | $194k |
Skills observed across this category: quantum dot lasers, III-V, optical amplifiers, FDTD, semiconductor lasers
Who's hiring in this category
- Coherent Corp · 17 open roles · median 109 d
- GlobalFoundries · 13 open roles · median 80 d
- Ayar Labs · 11 open roles · median 1 d
- Lightmatter · 11 open roles · median 116 d
- Lumentum · 10 open roles · median 96 d
- Marvell Technology · 10 open roles · median 51 d
How we counted: 161 open Optical/Photonics IC Design (Photonics) roles from 35 employers tracked in the SemiconductorJobs index, counted 8 Nov 2026. Specialty figures count only roles carrying this exact specialty label, so an employer's related work in neighbouring specialties is not included there. Figures refresh nightly.