Photonics/Integrated Photonics Engineer

Contract:Permanent, full-time role

Start date:August 2026 or ASAP

Visa sponsorship available

About us

Join us in shaping the future of quantum computing, biosensing, and next-gen communications through integrated photonics.

At Wave Photonics, we are building a platform to enable and accelerate the development, mass production and adoption of integrated photonics technologies. Integrated photonics will be crucial in enabling a host of applications ranging from energy-efficient communications, wearable healthcare sensors, rapid diagnostic tools, optical tensor processors, on-chip LiDAR, quantum computing and communication, and many more. We believe that many obstacles in developing these technologies can be removed using a combination of simulation, statistical modelling and optimisation techniques.

Founded in 2021, we have backing from great investors in Silicon Valley, the UK, and the EU, and have lead/contributed to multiple projects funded by the UK's innovation agency, Innovate UK. We were also successful in winning a prestigious European Innovation Council Accelerator project to develop solutions for frontier applications of integrated photonics.

We are seeking a highly motivated and enthusiastic Photonics/Integrated Photonics Engineer to join our team and contribute to our mission of accelerating the growth and adoption of integrated photonics technologies.

Role overview

You will help advance Wave Photonics’ photonic component design for applications ranging from quantum technologies to biosensing, while developing our internal optimisation and modelling capability. The role involves taking devices through from design to fabrication, measurement, and analysis, with opportunities to collaborate with our partners and customers.

You will be a core member of our small but growing technical team, contributing to key deliverables and milestones that drive our product development. You will be immersed in the fast-paced environment of a start-up that has ambitions to change the integrated photonics industry. We value enthusiastic people who bring a willingness to learn new things and challenge existing ideas.

The primary focus of the role is technical, but you will also be exposed to other elements of the startup, such as business development and customer liaison opportunities, contribution to grant projects, IP generation and patent writing.

The role is open to different seniorities.