Applications Engineer, Photonics - Santa Barbara, CA
Location
Santa Barbara, California
Job Type
Full-time
Category
other-general
Posted
May 16, 2026
Role Summary
The Applications Engineer, Photonics supports the Photonics Division through a combination of laboratory-based application development and direct customer engagement. The role focuses on developing proof-of-concept demonstrations, providing technical sales support, and enabling customer adoption of photonic solutions. This position plays a critical role in securing design wins, benchmarking product performance, and translating customer requirements into real-world photonic system demonstrations.
Approximately 70% of the role is based on-site in Santa Barbara across lab and office activities, with the remaining time dedicated to customer visits, trade shows, and industry events.
Key Responsibilities
The Applications Engineer, Photonics supports the Photonics Division through a combination of laboratory-based application development and direct customer engagement. The role focuses on developing proof-of-concept demonstrations, providing technical sales support, and enabling customer adoption of photonic solutions. This position plays a critical role in securing design wins, benchmarking product performance, and translating customer requirements into real-world photonic system demonstrations.
Approximately 70% of the role is based on-site in Santa Barbara across lab and office activities, with the remaining time dedicated to customer visits, trade shows, and industry events.
Key Responsibilities
- Identify and support high-value applications in lasers, integrated photonics, and optical sensing.
- Capture customer technical requirements and map them to QCi photonic soluti...