3 days ago
Ottawa, CanadaMid Level
Responsibilities
- Collaborate with physicists and hardware engineers to understand device behavior, instrumentation, and system requirements.
- Design and develop software for automated manufacturing stations from initial concepts through production deployment.
- Maintain and support software for semiconductor manufacturing automation and MEMS wafer systems.
- Integrate software with instruments, sensors, and other equipment.
- Investigate, document, and resolve software, equipment, and process-related issues.
- Apply software development practices including design and API documentation, unit testing, and continuous integration.
- Improve automation, system reliability, and usability.
Requirements
- Engineering degree in computer engineering, software engineering, computer science, electrical engineering, or a related field.
- Meaningful experience designing, implementing, debugging, and maintaining software.
- Experience developing software that interacts with hardware or instruments.
- Strong problem-solving skills and a careful, quality-focused approach.
- Curiosity and willingness to learn across software, physics, electronics, instrumentation, and manufacturing.
- Clear communication skills and ability to work effectively across technical disciplines.
- Assets include Python, C#, VB.NET, production software experience, large-codebase collaboration, agentic coding tools, Git, CI/CD pipelines, Visual Studio, .NET Framework, electrical or optical instrumentation, high-volume manufacturing, MES, software design patterns, or instrument automation.
Benefits
- Full-time, on-site position in Ottawa.
- Flexible time off.
- Physical and mental health and wellness benefits.
- Tuition reimbursement and career growth support.
- Free gym, games room, prayer room, subsidized meals, and free coffee and tea.
- Employee stock options and incentive plans.
- Collaborative, innovative, and inclusive workplace culture.
About Lumentum
Lumentum designs and manufactures optical communications and photonic products—lasers, modules, and subsystems—for data center, telecom, industrial, and sensing applications. It sells to network equipment makers, cloud providers, and industrial OEMs, supporting AI infrastructure and advanced manufacturing. Founded in 2015 and headquartered in San Jose, California, Lumentum is publicly traded on NASDAQ (LITE) and operates R&D and manufacturing sites worldwide.