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We are now looking for a Senior Scientist to join our Silicon photonics team.
As a Senior Scientist, you will broadly contribute to the development of our optical waveguide technology and its use in many different applications. Our photonic integrated circuit (PIC) technology covers the design, fabrication, assembly, packaging and testing of components, circuits and systems that are based on optical waveguides integrated on small silicon chips. All these development steps can be done at VTT, including 200 mm wafer processing in our Micronova clean room facility in Espoo, although we also collaborate with many other organizations to do these tasks. Depending on your own skills and preferences, you can have hands-on contributions in some of the technology development steps. However, your primary role will be a project manager who is preparing and leading research projects that are funded by VTT, various public funding organizations and our customers.
Our Silicon Photonics team is one of the global pioneers in the development of PIC technology. We mainly focus on PICs that are based on silicon-on-insulator (SOI) or silicon nitride waveguides, while we often hybrid integrate these with other materials and PIC technologies. Our 3 µm thick SOI waveguides allow to make low-loss PICs for an extremely wide range of infrared wavelengths (1.2 – 4 µm), while the SiN waveguides extend the feasible wavelength range to visible wavelengths. Our PIC technology can be used in many different applications, such as optical communication, computing, sensing and imaging. It is also linked to artificial intelligence and quantum technologies. We believe that PIC technology plays a key role in solving many global challenges (climate change, healthcare, power-efficient digitalization etc.), while also offering good business opportunities.
Read more here: https://ats.talentadore.com/apply/scientific-project-manager-silicon-photonics/ZqJ0Gr
Apply latest by 23.9.2026
Location: Espoo, Finland