Current Opportunities

Princeton Lightwave Inc. specializes in infrared optics applications focused on medical, communications, sensing and defense markets. The company has industry leading expertise in areas of high power lasers, detectors and packaging, and is embarking on an initiative aimed at product leadership in the above applications.

The culture at Princeton Lightwave is a simple one – we are here to win, and we will do it with the right mix of talent, and an environment that unleashes this talent to succeed. We offer competitive salaries and benefits, as well as stock options and 401K.

We are currently looking to staff the following positions. Engineering positions require a Bachelor's Degree (advanced degrees preferred), as well as a strong track record of experience, leadership and achievements.

We are looking for opto-mechanical packaging talent that can help unleash the market leading performance of our detectors and lasers. The ideal candidate is one who is passionate about optical packaging and product delivery in a fast paced, dynamic environment, and can drive concept and detailed design of all packaging aspects of our products. Experience in integration of optical chips, fiber, bulk optics, electronics and cooling to deliver high performance products is critical. Desirable functional skill sets include:

• Mechanical design
• Opto-mechanics and opto-electronic integration skills
• Thermal analysis
• Materials engineering
• Process knowledge in areas of flip chip bonding, wire bonding, die bonding and laser welding

Qualifications: Preferred educational background includes a M.S. in Mechanical or Materials Engineering.

To apply for this job, please send your resume to hr@princetonlightwave.com.

Skill Sets:

• 3-5 years of DSP related firmware development, preferably on Analog Devices 21XX series DSPs and Altera PLDs
• Strong programming knowledge – C++, DSP Assembly, Matlab, Source code control
• Understanding of DSP and microcontroller hardware design
• Understanding of optics and signal processing fundamentals
• Experience with optoelectronic communications and instrumentation systems testing
• Development and implementation of software/firmware architectures
• Excellent documentation skills
• Real-time implementation and trouble shooting skills

Qualifications: B.S./M.S. in Computer Science and/or Electrical Engineering

To apply for this job, please send your resume to hr@princetonlightwave.com.