Job Description

The Photonics Lab Specialist will be responsible for designing and improving laboratory training programs in Thorlabs’ Training Center located in Shanghai. He/she will work with application engineers to design experiments dedicated to conduct photonics lab knowledge to our customers as a value-added service. He/she will also help develop the oral presentation skills of the application engineers group. The successful candidate will need to demonstrate a broad understanding of photonics, practical lab experience in designing and building a wide variety of experimental setups, and the ability to create laboratory scenarios that will challenge our customers and application engineers to learn new skills.

Key Responsibilities

1. Design and Provide Laboratory Training to Thorlabs Customers

• Work with application engineers to design lab experiences that provide customers with practical knowledge of products and applications. The experiences will need to cover basics like coupling light into a single mode fiber to more application oriented experiences like designing and building a Raman spectroscopy setup.
• Deliver lectures on basic and advanced topics including both laboratory and theoretical knowledge
• Teach how to keep a lab notebook and how to present the results
• Provide support to more experienced engineers as they design their own experiments

2. Support the integration of our products into customer applications

3. Involve in Product Development and Testing

• Work with application engineers to determine testing procedure
• Actively participate in product design discussions

4. Involve in the design, construction, and support of tradeshow demonstration

Requirements

1. Ph.D. in Physics or Engineering

2. 2+ years laboratory experience in research or product development after Ph.D.

3. Teaching Experience and excellent communication skills

4. Broad Base of Photonics Knowledge with Expertise in Multiple Applications and Measurement Techniques (e.g. Spectroscopy, Laser Characterization, Fiber Optics, Polarization Optics, Adaptive Optics,)

5. Fluent in Mandarin and English

Compensation and Benefits

1. Base salary based on his/her role, individual performance and competencies, as well as market competitiveness

依据个人绩效和能力提供具有市场竞争力的薪资

2. Mandatory social insurance and housing fund in accordance with PRC Laws.

根据国家规定缴纳五险一金

3. Optional supplementary medical insurance

员工可自愿选择参加高端医疗保险

4. Annual medical check-up

每年一次的健康体检

5. 10-15 days of annual leave days per calendar year

每年10至15天年假

上班地址：上海市祁连山南路2891弄100号A101-A201