Job Opportunities
Current Job Openings at Luminate Portfolio Companies
Analog/Mixed Signal Design Engineer
Owl AI is seeking an Analog/Mixed Signal Design Engineer with experience in CMOS image sensor readout circuit (ROIC) design to join our team as we bring our industry leading thermal ranging solutions to the ADAS market. Thermal imaging sensor verification and validation experience are a plus. Join a growing startup that recently took home the 2021 Silver Award from AutoSens for Most Innovative Application or Deployment of Computer Vision.
You may also connect with Laura O’Neil, Recruiter for Owl AI, at laurao@owlai.us.
Application Engineer (Remote)
Owl AI is seeking an Application Engineer to develop customer-friendly solutions and collaborate on product improvements. Experience supporting customer needs in the fielding of Advanced Driver Assistance System (ADAS) Technologies a plus. Join a growing startup that recently took home the 2021 Silver Award from AutoSens for Most Innovative Application or Deployment of Computer Vision.
You may also connect with Laura O’Neil, Recruiter for Owl AI, at laurao@owlai.us.
Applications Engineer (Optics/Image Processing)
Applications Scientist
Double Helix Optics (DHO) is expanding the boundaries of 3D imaging technology for life sciences. Utilizing 3D computational optics, DHO is enabling scientists to see in 3D with unrivaled precision, and is already enabling new discovery in a range of biological fields.
The Applications Scientist position bridges science, engineering, and business and is ideal for a scientist who enjoys developing next generation imaging technologies – particularly 3D imaging – in a small dynamic team environment.
To apply: Email scott@
Application Scientist
Neurescence is a dynamic startup in Toronto looking for an Application Scientist. Your main responsibilities will be:
- Perfecting your surgical skills for implanting the Quartet® and ChromatoneTM probes for calcium imaging and stimulation
- Travelling to customer sites to provide training
- Helping with literature search and preparation of neuroscience related technical material as needed by the business development team
- Interacting with the product development team by providing input for product specifications and usability
To apply: Email Neurescence Founder/CEO, Yasaman Soudagar, at yasaman.soudagar@neurescence.com with full CV.
Business Development Director
Quantopticon is seeking a Business Development Director with a strong commercial, technical and enterprise scale-up background to lead Quantopticon into the next phase of growth. The ideal candidate should have a strong knowledge and understanding of photonics and/or quantum. Responsibilities include:
- Co-develop a revised, robust and comprehensive business plan, together with Quantopticon’s CEO
- Ensure a product-market fit for Quantillion, develop a suitable pricing model and determine best product delivery methods
- Develop a go-to-market strategy and identify beachhead market(s)
- Forge strategic partnerships and assist with setting up paid beta-trials with early adopters
To apply: Email Quantopticon Co-Founder, Dr Mirella Koleva, at info@quantopticon.co.uk with CV/resumé and cover letter.
Digital ASIC Design Engineer
Owl AI is seeking an Digital Design Engineer to perform design, simulation and layout of our industry-leading high performance image sensor. Experience with image sensors, sensor calibration, camera systems and computer vision systems and with ASIC Development Environment are pluses. Join a growing startup that recently took home the 2021 Silver Award from AutoSens for Most Innovative Application or Deployment of Computer Vision.
You may also connect with Laura O’Neil, Recruiter for Owl AI, at laurao@owlai.us.
Engineer
LighTopTech is looking for an engineer to design, develop, test and deliver novel features for our imaging platform, and to influence creative solutions that meet not only functional, but also performance, scalability, and reliability requirements.
To apply: Submit inquiries at lightoptech.com/contact.
Junior Electrical Engineer
As an electrical engineer in Qunnect, you will design the hardware that controls, monitors, and synchronizes our quantum devices. This position’s primary responsibility is to develop and design digital and analog circuits for a variety of different electronic controls.
To apply: Contact Qunnect’s CSO, Mehdi Namazi, at Mehdi@quconn.com.
Laboratory Technician
EmGenisys, Inc, an early-stage, animal ag tech company developing and marketing a SaaS platform to evaluate bovine embryo health, is seeking a Laboratory Technician to test and develop EmGenisys products. This person will collect and analyze data, obtain video data of livestock embryos, test and validate product, maintain records, and collect outcomes. The position will be based in the Central, Southern Tier or Finger Lakes region of New York, USA.
To apply: Send CV and cover letter to cara@emgenisys.com.
Laboratory Technician
As a Laboratory Technician at Qunnect, you will work closely with the scientists and engineers to assist them with various ongoing projects. Most of the projects at Qunnect sit at the intersection of optics, atomic physics, and electronics. You will help the team with setting up new experiments and the day to day operation of ongoing experiments.
To apply: Contact Qunnect’s CSO, Mehdi Namazi, at Mehdi@quconn.com.
Optical & Fiber-Optic Technician
Candidate will have good working knowledge and demonstrable experience of preferably several of: optics, optical components, optics and optical component handling, optical assemblies, dark room, clean room, optical table and field suitable optical equipment and testing environments; fiber-optics, fiber optic components, handling, processing, stripping, cleaving, splicing, polishing, jacketing, connectorising.
Candidate will be comfortable with an open-minded, versatile, management-directed and self-motivated working environment as might be expected in a start-up company.
Candidate will be comfortable communicating progress updates on a daily basis across all company functions at peer-level, management-level and C-level, in the interests of maximizing efficiencies across the company and in the interest of rapid progression to meet tight deadlines.
To apply: Email resume and cover letter to Dr. Dominic Murphy, CTO, at dom@layermetricsinc.com.
Optical Coating Engineer
SunDensity is seeking to hire a full-time optical coating engineer with experience working with magnetron sputtering, E-beam and thermal evaporation to create optical coatings with multi-layered stack of TiO2/SiO2/Si/ along with thin metal layer Cu. Al, AZO. Ag, also with experience of spin-coating nano-particles, masking for lithographic nano-cavities or even laser ablation and FIB for creating nano-structures on the thin metal coating. The coating engineer should also have experience in metrology to measure thickness, transmission, reflectance on spectrophotometer, taking SEM and TEM micrographs.
Work experience minimum two to five years is required with a BS or MS degree in optics, photonics, or related fields. The position will start immediately with full-time or part-time options, with benefits and pay commensurate with the experience at the market rates.
SunDensity Inc. is an award-winning fast growth photonic smart coating company located in Rochester, NY. The company has recently received significant funding to create a photonic smart coating line and scale-up the operations for manufacturing.
To apply: Please send your resumes and cover letter to Kevin Debasitis at kevin@sundensity.net.
Optical Coating Lab Technician
SunDensity is seeking to hire an optical coating lab technician to work directly with operational and technical staff, supporting labs and partners to operate and maintain optical lab equipment, execute coating experiments, conduct metrology, and manage lab supplies.
SunDensity Inc. is an award-winning fast growth photonic smart coating company located in Rochester, NY. The company has recently received significant funding to create a photonic smart coating line and scale-up the operations for manufacturing.
To apply: Please send your resumes and cover letter to Greg Gresock at gregory@sundensity.net.
Product Manager (Remote)
Owl AI is hiring a Product Manager with experience managing technically complex components and systems for the automotive market, especially imaging based solutions. Join a growing startup that recently took home the 2021 Silver Award from AutoSens for Most Innovative Application or Deployment of Computer Vision.
You may also connect with Laura O’Neil, Recruiter for Owl AI, at laurao@owlai.us.
Quality Assurance & Test Technician
Owl AI is seeking a Quality Assurance and Test Technician to collaborate with the Quality Assurance and Test Manager to advance testing goals and objectives. Our thermal ranging platforms are based on proprietary image sensors and computer vision algorithms to enhance the safety of vehicles, both on and off the road. Experience with thermal imaging based solutions and Advanced Driver Assistance Systems (ADAS) technologies are a plus. Join a growing startup that recently took home the 2021 Silver Award from AutoSens for Most Innovative Application or Deployment of Computer Vision.
You may also connect with Laura O’Neil, Recruiter for Owl AI, at laurao@owlai.us.
Research Associate
EmGenisys, Inc, an early-stage, animal ag tech company developing and marketing a SaaS platform to evaluate bovine embryo health, is seeking a Research Associate to serve as a field-based researcher to collaborate with veterinarians, dairy producers, breed associations and the Company. This person will develop and test EmGenisys products and assist other scientific studies. The role is dual laboratory and field research as EmGenisys is committed to creating affordable and practical solutions to optimize beef and dairy production. The position will be based in the Central, Southern Tier or Finger Lakes region of New York, USA.
To apply: Send CV and cover letter to cara@emgenisys.com.
Sales & Marketing Professional
Candidate will be comfortable learning and developing: Marketing Copy; Product Descriptions; Employee Bios; Technical documentation; Company sales and social videos; Customer videos and content; training and documentation; Products and services sell sheets; Internal and sales templates in PowerPoint and Word formats; Product image; Customer collaboration; Tradeshow booth layout and design; Pitch deck; Website; Blog posts; Social media posts; Email marketing templates and campaigns; Brand styling
Candidate will be comfortable with an open-minded, versatile, management-directed and self-motivated working environment as might be expected in a start-up company.
Candidate will be comfortable communicating progress updates on a daily basis across all company functions at peer-level, management-level and C-level, in the interests of maximizing efficiencies across the company and in the interest of rapid progression to meet tight deadlines.
To apply: Email resume and cover letter to Dr. Dominic Murphy, CTO, at dom@layermetricsinc.com.
Senior Scientist (Thin-Film R&D)
Andluca is seeking a Senior Scientist with extensive experience researching and developing optoelectronic thin-film technologies to work full-time in Rochester. You will work within a team of scientists and engineers to rapidly establish structure-property relationships between coating architecture and morphology and optoelectronic device performance.
To apply: Send a resume and note to careers@andluca.com or apply directly via the LinkedIn posting here.
Senior Software Development Engineer
Double Helix Optics is seeking a MS/PHD level or 5 years + work experience equivalent to join our team to develop image processing algorithms for our 3D imaging systems. Join our team to bring cutting edge 3D computational optics and image processing to biomedical and machine vision imaging instrumentation.
To apply: Email scott@doublehelixoptics.com with resume and cover letter.
Software & CAD
Candidate will have good working knowledge and demonstrable experience across software programming and development tools including SolidWorks; LabView; Matlab; C-based languages; and others.
Candidate will be comfortable working in a dynamic, flexible, fast-paced environment with an open-minded, versatile, management-directed and self-motivated perspective as might be expected in a start-up company.
Candidate will be comfortable communicating progress updates on a daily basis across all company functions at peer-level, management-level and C-level, in the interests of maximizing efficiencies across the company and in the interest of rapid progression to meet tight deadlines.
To apply: Email resume and cover letter to Dr. Dominic Murphy, CTO, at dom@layermetricsinc.com.
Software Development Engineer
Double Helix Optics is seeking a BS/MS or 2 years + work experience equivalent to join our team to design and optimize image processing algorithms for use in conjunction with our 3D imaging tools. Join our team to bring cutting edge 3D computational optics and image processing to biomedical and machine vision imaging instrumentation.
To apply: Email scott@doublehelixoptics.com with resume and cover letter.
Synthetic Organic Chemist
Andluca is seeking a Synthetic Organic Chemist with experience researching and developing molecular semiconductors for optoelectronic thin-film technologies, or in a related field such as drug development. You will work within a team of scientists and engineers to rapidly establish structure-property relationships between candidate materials and optoelectronic behavior. This role is full-time and based in Rochester.
To apply: Send a resume and note to careers@andluca.com or apply directly via the LinkedIn posting here.
Veterinary Technician
EmGenisys, Inc, an early-stage, animal ag tech company developing and marketing a SaaS platform to evaluate bovine embryo health, is seeking a Veterinary Technician to serve as a Research Associate to collaborate with veterinarians, dairy producers, breed associations and the Company. This person will build and foster relationships with members in the agricultural community, perform laboratory analysis of bovine embryos, collect data, and test EmGenisys products. The position will be based in the Central, Southern Tier or Finger Lakes region of New York, USA.
To apply: Send CV and cover letter to cara@emgenisys.com.
