Photonics Engineer – KTP Associate

Candidate Profile:

• PhD in photonics/optics (or physics with experience in photonics).
• BSc or MSc in Physics/Electronic Engineering or closely related subject.

Skills/ experience required

Essential for the role:

• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills related to photonic/optic – based systems
• Laboratory skills, including the use of test and measurement equipment
• Excellent communication and management skills.

Desirable for the role; some or all the following:

• Hands-on experience in optical system design and testing.
• Experience working with lasers and laser safety.
• Skills in the design and implementation of interferometric fibre sensors
• Experience in field programmable gate arrays.
• Strong ability to work independently and collaboratively in a team.

Main responsibilities

• To quickly assume responsibility for the project and take a leading role in driving it forward
• To develop novel monitoring technology for sub-sea telecommunications networks using photonic technologies to maintain cable integrity and detect potential damage or intrusion.
• To design, fabricate and optimise optical sensing systems to meet stringent performance requirements.
• Demonstrate advanced technical expertise (in optical device manufacture, sensing and fast electronic signal processing), good project management and good communication skills to interact between academia, internal and external business personnel including suppliers

Personal attributes

• Strong interpersonal skills to successfully work with various stakeholders.
• Strong communication and presentation skills. The ability to work within a cross-disciplinary project team.
• Leadership qualities, maturity, good self-organisation, and time management skills to deliver the KTP project and ensure it achieves agreed milestones and objectives.
• Industrial career focused.
• Highly motivated and adaptable.
• Ability to work independently, as well as part of the team and use initiative.
• Strong desire to pursue innovative approaches and pathways

The key innovation is developing distributed sensing technology, capable of operating across sub-sea links of over 1,000 km in length.

This KTP aims to develop novel monitoring technology for sub-sea telecommunications networks using photonic technologies to maintain cable integrity and detect potential damage or intrusion resulting from accidental or hostile activities, caused by, for example, by unmanned vehicles or dragging anchors.