Job Opportunities
Current Job Openings at Luminate Companies
Android & iOS Developer
Bounce Imaging is seeking a sharp, self-starting engineer with a dedicated work ethic to own and develop our iOS and Android applications that work with our advanced IoT devices. Experience with video streaming apps and ATAK plug-ins a plus.
Applications Engineer (Optics/Image Processing)
Dynocardia is addressing a 100-year old challenge: the need for an accurate and continuous, non-invasive blood pressure monitor. The Applications Engineer will have a leading role in the design, development, and implementation of novel algorithms and imaging tools for cutting-edge medical applications in the field of blood pressure and other hemodynamic monitoring.
To apply: Email mohant@dynocardia.care with resume and cover letter
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
Assistant Engineering Manager/Project Manager Full-Time Internship
Owl AI is looking for an engineering/project manager assistant for the fall of 2021 semester to work with software and electrical engineering design teams on its mission to develop and deliver imaging and computer vision systems.
To apply: Email resume and cover letter to George Hadgis, PMP, Director of Operations and Program Management at georgeh@owlai.us
Business Development Internship
XRnanotech is an award-winning Swiss deep-tech startup that offers the opportunity to advance your business knowledge and to bring innovations to market. With a basic understanding of optics and the ability to quickly learn combined with a motivated and proactive mindset, you are the perfect match for our growing team in Switzerland.
To apply: Email resume and cover letter to Dr. Florian Döring, CEO and Founder of XRnanotech, at info@xrnanotech.ch
Digital ASIC and SoC Design Engineer Full-Time Internship
Owl AI is looking for a digital ASIC design engineer for the fall of 2021 semester to work with an ASIC development team. The immediate need is to provide physical design support for the current CMOS imager using Global Foundries 22FDX process.
To apply: Email resume and cover letter to George Hadgis, PMP, Director of Operations and Program Management at georgeh@owlai.us
Digital Design Engineer
Owl Autonomous Imaging is looking for an ASIC/SoC/FPGA Design Engineer to be responsible for, and contribute to, all phases of an ASIC/SoC/FPGA development, starting from creation of an architectural specification through sign-off.
To apply: Please send resume and cover letter to Gene Petilli at genep@owlai.us
Director of Business Development
Circle Optics is seeking an experienced Director of Business Development to lead out all business development activities including sales & marketing, partnership discussions, and development of go-to-market strategies. As Director of Business Development, you will be intimately involved in the full sales cycle including identifying and engaging key accounts, setting up sales presentations, and overseeing contract negotiations. You will engage third-party resources that provide unique contacts and context for strategic partnerships. You will also be the external face of the company by attending conferences/tradeshows to secure key meetings.
To apply: Email a recent resume and cover letter to admin@circleoptics.com
Director of Regulatory Affairs & Quality
Intelon Optics is a rapidly expanding world-class technology and innovation company.
In this position you will be responsible for all regulatory activities for our innovative medical devices based on Brillouin spectroscopy in the fields of Ophthalmology and Reproductive Medicine. Working closely with the multidisciplinary team of engineers, clinical affairs, and quality team, you will use your strong regulatory skills to obtain product approvals and registrations in various jurisdictions and geographies and maintain current quality system (ISO13485/MDSAP). This position will require building strong working relationships across the organization and developing partnerships to address regulatory challenges in the USA and abroad.
Embedded Systems Engineer
One Silicon Chip Photonics (OSCP)
OSCP is looking for an Embedded Systems Engineer to work closely with our hardware and test engineers to design and implement real-time embedded systems for our photonics-based motion sensor product. The ideal candidate will have a strong expertise in microcontroller development tools and programming in C++ and Python. Hardware diagnostics skills should be strong. Hands-on experience with sensing in LIDAR, radar or photonics sensors will be a plus.
We are looking for a self-motivated, meticulous, creative, leader with strong communication skills, who is a good team player, capable of independent work with minimum supervision.
To apply: Email Richard Williston, MSc, Director of Operations, at richard.williston@onesiliconchipphotonics.com
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
Engineering & Business Development Positions
SaNoor Technologies has engineer and internship positions available. SaNoor Technologies is a Luminate Cohort III startup company, which is commercializing the laser LiFi for high data rate communications, underwater IoT, and other futuristic applications. We are located at Sibley Square, downtown Rochester.
You will be working with our core project team in research and development, that is, solving the global challenges based on engineering advances. We are looking for part-time and full-time engineers and business development specialist. Excellent interns may be considered for a full-time job after the completion of the degree program.
To apply: Email chao@sanoortech.com with CV and a short statement describing your qualifications
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
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 and 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 Dr. Nish Sonwalkar at nish@sundensity.net.
Optoelectronics Test Engineer
One Silicon Chip Photonics (OSCP)
OSCP is looking for an Electro-Photonics expert with experience in sensing technologies and more specifically, accelerometers and gyroscopes. The candidate will participate in the development of integrated photonics-based motion sensors adapted for eg. self-driving cars and autonomous drones.
The ideal candidate will have a strong expertise in electronics and photonics engineering as well as software interface, and more specifically on the interaction, propagation, analysis, and manipulation of optical waves. He/she will be an experimentalist with hands-on experience in the assembly and characterization of integrated optical devices, as well as deep knowledge of micro-optical sensors especially in the field of micro-optical resonators. We are looking for a self-motivated, meticulous, creative, leader with strong communication skills, who is a good team player, capable of independent work with minimum supervision.
To apply: Email Richard Williston, MSc, Director of Operations, at richard.williston@onesiliconchipphotonics.com
Project Manager
One Silicon Chip Photonics (OSCP)
OSCP is looking for a project manager preferably with experience in sensing technologies and more specifically related to accelerometers and gyroscopes. The candidate will participate in the development of integrated photonics-based motion sensors adapted for autonomous vehicles such as self-driving cars and autonomous drones.
As part of a multidisciplinary team organization, the successful candidate will work closely with our internal R&D engineers, our academic and industrial partners, and with our customers to develop PIC-based inertial sensors for autonomous vehicles market. The projects cover MEMS microfabrication processes as well as the control electronic, the optical design and the packaging.
To apply: Email Richard Williston, MSc, Director of Operations, at richard.williston@onesiliconchipphotonics.com
Sales and 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 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 and 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 Design Engineer (Computer Vision and Deep Learning) Full-Time Internship
Owl AI is hiring a full-time Software Design Engineering Co-Op (Graduate) Intern for the Fall 2021 semester to work alongside our Software Team on our perception stack. The internship will involve research and development of Deep neural networks on real world data. Additionally, it may also involve data processing, integration with third party systems and development of optimized runtime software.
To apply: Email resume and cover letter to George Hadgis, PMP, Director of Operations and Program Management at georgeh@owlai.us
Software Design Engineer (Robotics) Full-Time Internship
Owl AI is hiring a full-time Software Design Engineering Co-Op (Graduate) Intern for the Fall 2021 semester to work alongside our Software Team on our drive system and perception stack. Additionally, the internship will involve research and development of SLAM algorithms within our stack.
To apply: Email resume and cover letter to George Hadgis, PMP, Director of Operations and Program Management at georgeh@owlai.us
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.
Technical Expert – Nanolithography
XRnanotech is an award-winning Swiss deep-tech startup that offers the opportunity to develop and fabricate nanostructured diffractive optical elements in a high-tech cleanroom environment. With a technical background and the motivation to push the limits of nanotechnology, you are the perfect match for our growing team in Switzerland.
To apply: Email resume and cover letter to Dr. Florian Döring, CEO and Founder of XRnanotech, at info@xrnanotech.ch
VP of Engineering
One Silicon Chip Photonics (OSCP)
OSCP is hiring a Vice President of Engineering to oversee the complete delivery of new technical solutions for the company. An ability to provide both long-term vision as well as day-to-day practical solutions is critical for this role. Reporting to CEO, you’ll be applying your design, engineering, integration, and productization skills to lead our Hardware Systems Engineering team developing the world’s most advanced Inertial Measurement Unit (IMU) systems. You will develop new products that integrate our chip technology as we advance “IMU on a Chip”.
This is an extraordinary opportunity to join and shape a small team and be a key player leading cutting edge photonics development.
To apply: Email Richard Williston, MSc, Director of Operations, at richard.williston@onesiliconchipphotonics.com
