Lumotive is a leader in solid-state, 3D-sensing systems, developing high-performance solutions for consumer electronics, industrial automation, robotics and automotive applications. The Seattle-based company’s lidar solutions leverage revolutionary beam-steering technology based on patented Liquid Crystal Metasurfaces™ to deliver an unprecedented combination of high performance and readiness for mass adoption. Lumotive’s random access beam-steering chips enable the industry’s first software-defined lidar with region-of-interest scanning, object tracking and advanced perception capabilities. Lumotive’s investors include Bill Gates and Quan Funds.

Lumotive is seeking an exceptional candidate to serve as a Hardware Test Engineer. This person will be responsible for performing electrical and optical testing Lumotive’s proprietary Light Control Metasurface (LCM) beam-steering technology and lidar systems.

Responsibilities

• Develop new test stations, including design, assembly, bringup and automation via Python

• Perform optical, electrical, thermal, and mechanical testing of Lumotive’s LCM technology and lidar systems

• Design and implement custom test fixtures for mechanical and electrical tests

• Present data, methods, and conclusions to the technical and leadership team

• Maintain an organized record of experiments and database of results

• Be a flexible and versatile team player

Required Qualifications

• BS or higher in Electrical Engineering, Computer Science, Mathematics, or related field

• Experience building optical test setups, using and aligning optical test setups

• Experience automating test equipment through Python

• Experience with data analysis in Python

• Experience with database integration

• Excellent written and oral communication skills

Preferred Qualifications

• M.S. in Electrical Engineering, Computer Science, Mathematics, or a related field

• Experience with optical characterization tools including spectrometers, photodiodes, laser sources, etc.

All your information will be kept confidential according to EEO guidelines.