PICs@ICFO Strategic Initiative: Research Engineer in Materials Structuring and Characterization of Photonic Integrated Circuits

As part of the

PICs@ICFO Strategic Initiative , ICFO coordinates

PIXEurope, a flagship Pilot Line funded under the European Chips JU program

focused on Advanced Photonic Integrated Circuits (PICs) through which ICFO is advancing frontier technologies, including optical interposers for Co-packaged optics for next-generation optoelectronic and photonic devices.
To strengthen this initiative, ICFO is seeking

PIC Nano-structuring and Nano-characterization Research Engineer

with a strong technical background in materials research, characterization of morphology and interfaces, failure analysis, and photonic integrated circuits characterization.
Position Overview:
We offer a research engineer position to an experienced engineer with demonstrated expertise in integrated photonics and material research, especially characterization of PICs and their related materials.



The successful candidate will contribute to both technical innovation and Pilot Line development in collaboration with academic and industrial stakeholders.
Key Responsibilities:
The selected candidate will be expected to:
Set-up, run and consolidate some nanofabrication techniques for PIC development within the PIXEurope Pilot Line.

Set-up, run and consolidate the characterization techniques for PIC development within the PIXEurope Pilot Line.

Contribute to characterization and application-oriented activities of PIXEurope Pilot Line and other projects related to PICs.

Interface with multidisciplinary teams and contribute to the establishment of high-quality characterization workflows.

This position is hosted by the

Optoelectronics group , led by

Prof Valerio Pruneri , and the

Nanocharacterization lab , led by

Dr. Johann Osmond.
PIXEurope is co-funded by the Chips Joint Undertaking and national funding authorities of the Participating States, Spain, Ireland, The Netherlan

📌 PICs@ICFO Strategic Initiative: Research Engineer in Materials Structuring and Characterization of P (Madrid)
🏢 Institute Of Photonic Sciences
📍 Madrid