Experimental Physicist

Overview

This role exists to extract truth from real hardware fast.

As an Experimental Physicist at Zero Point Motion, you will build new lab systems from scratch, run high-iteration experiments, and turn messy data into physical insight that informs what we build next. You do not need to have majored in photonics, but you must have used lasers and precision measurement in serious work, and you must be excited to transition your domain expertise into semiconductors and integrated photonic MEMS.

This is a builder role. You will spend around 70% of your time in the lab, moving from 0 to 1 quickly, with scope to hand over repeatable and automatable systems to others.

The Role

You will take ownership of experimental setups that involve some mix of:

• lasers and optical measurement
• vacuum, vibration isolation, precision alignment, or high sensitivity readout
• electronics, detectors, and instrumentation
• automate...