Senior Test Manager

Job Title

Senior Test Manager

Role Summary

Lead development and scaling of electrical and optical test capabilities for photonics devices, spanning R&D through high-volume manufacturing. Partner with photonics, component, and manufacturing teams to build production-worthy test systems that improve throughput, yield, and reliability.

Experience Level

Senior — typically 10+ years of relevant industry experience.

Responsibilities

Manage technical direction and delivery of test development, tooling, and operations for wafer-level and fiber/edge-coupled photonics testing.

• Improve throughput, reliability, and capability of electrical and optical characterization platforms.
• Develop circuit-level and high-speed, production-worthy test methodologies.
• Increase test tool throughput, availability, and scalability via hardware and software improvements.
• Lead root-cause analysis of complex test failures and define repair and preventive monitoring strategies.
• Collaborate with component and product engineers to expand test coverage and optimize NPI and manufacturing tests.
• Drive development of test infrastructure, automation, and measurement methodologies aligned to product requirements.
• Analyze test data and deliver recommendations to guide engineering and manufacturing decisions.
• Mentor engineers and technicians and establish best practices for test development and operations.

Requirements

Must-have technical skills and experience (concise):

• 10+ years experience in photonic device testing, electrical/RF testing, or PIC testing in R&D, NPI, and/or manufacturing environments.
• Practical experience with optical measurement systems (imaging, fiber alignment, fiber-coupled device characterization).
• Experience developing automated test systems, test software, data acquisition, and measurement infrastructure.
• Proven track record leading cross-functional technical teams and delivering projects from concept to deployment.
• Strong analytical and troubleshooting skills, including complex system-level failure investigation.

Nice-to-have:

• Experience with high-volume manufacturing test strategies, yield optimization, and SPC/test data analytics.
• Experience developing software for test automation and analysis.

Education Requirements

Required: Bachelor's degree in Electrical Engineering, Physics, Photonics, Optical Engineering, or a related technical field. Preferred: Ph.D. in Electrical Engineering, Physics, Photonics, Optical Engineering, or a related field. The posting also allows related technical degrees; no explicit "equivalent experience" language replacing degree was provided.

About the Company

Company: PsiQuantum

Headquarters: Palo Alto, CA, United States

PsiQuantum develops silicon-photonic quantum computers aimed at building million-qubit, fault-tolerant systems. Founded in 2016, the company combines semiconductor manufacturing processes, photonic hardware, and quantum software to scale quantum systems for commercial and government applications.