Intern, Quantum Photonics Engineer
Palm Bay, FL - USA
Job Summary
Job Title: Intern Quantum Photonics Engineer
Job Code: 44156
Job Location:Palm Bay FL
Job Schedule: 9/80:Employees work 9 out of every 14 days totaling 80 hours worked and have every other Friday off
Job Description:
Help advance quantum sensing quantum communications and quantum information processing through rigorous experimental work. This graduate internship combines quantum physics photonics precision measurement and engineering analysis in a hands-on laboratory environment.
Essential Functions:
- Design and execute experiments on quantum photonic devices components or system concepts.
- Develop measurement approaches; collect and assess data quality uncertainty and observed behavior.
- Apply quantum mechanics optics and engineering analysis to interpret results and plan follow-on experiments.
- Work with multidisciplinary teams to integrate and validate mature quantum-photonic designs at subsystem and system levels.
Qualifications:
- To be eligible candidates must be pursuing a masters or doctoral degree in Physics Applied Physics Optical Engineering Electrical Engineering Quantum Science and Engineering or a related field.
Preferred Skills:
- Experience with AMO quantum platforms including Rydberg-atom sensing ultracold neutral-atom systems or entanglement-enabled quantum systems.
- Optical electronic RF timing or data-acquisition instrumentation experience.
- Python MATLAB or comparable data-analysis experience.
- Strong foundation in quantum mechanics quantum optics electromagnetics or closely related analytical methods.
- Experimental research internship laboratory or substantial project experience in quantum optics quantum sensing quantum communications quantum information processing atomic quantum systems photonic quantum systems or precision measurement.
Required Experience:
Intern
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