Quantum Physicist, Integrated Photonics

HRL Laboratories pioneers the next frontiers of physical and information science. Delivering transformative technologies in automotive, aerospace and defense, HRL advances the critical missions of its customers to help them remove limitations and create competitive advantage. HRL then transitions the work back to customers – ready for real-world application. For more than 70 years, HRL’s rich portfolio of scientific discoveries and engineering innovations continues to build on each other — often in unexpected, profound and far-reaching ways. As a private company owned jointly by Boeing and GM, HRL prioritizes purpose over profit, significantly advancing the state of the art. HRL Laboratories advances critical structural and functional materials and semiconductor devices that enable precision navigation, quantum technologies and extreme-environment performance. With expertise from design through deployment, we deliver scalable, high-performance solutions that transform our customers’ missions. Our work leverages digital manufacturing and scalable microfabrication techniques to meet tomorrow’s toughest challenges. Position Summary: • Design, build, test, and analyze optical, optoelectronic, and photonic experiments for quantum communications systems and platforms • Develop and evaluate experimental approaches involving integrated photonics, quantum optics, and related technologies • Translate theoretical concepts and research findings into practical experimental implementations and prototypes • Collaborate with multidisciplinary R&D teams to advance quantum communications technologies Key Responsibilities: • Design, simulate, calculate, construct, and test integrated photonics and electro-optical experiments and prototypes • Develop experimental setups, methodologies, and prototypes to investigate and validate new concepts and technologies • Perform data collection, analysis, interpretation, and documentation of experimental results • Troubleshoot...