The Photonics Education Specialist will be responsible for designing and improving laboratory training and demonstration programs in Thorlabs Education Center located in Shanghai. He/she will design experiments dedicated to conduct photonics lab knowledge and skills to our customers and internal employees. The successful candidate will need to demonstrate a broad understanding of photonics, practical lab experience in designing and building a wide variety of experimental setups, and the ability to create laboratory scenarios that will foster our customers and employees to learn new skills. He/she will also help develop oral presentation skills of the Application Engineers group.
Key Responsibilities
• Design and Provide Laboratory Education o Design lab programs that provide customers and internal employees with practical knowledge of products and applications. The programs will need to cover basics to more application oriented experiences o Design and deliver lectures on advanced topics including both laboratory and theoretical knowledge, as well as state-of-the-art applications o Provide support to more experienced engineers as they design their own experiments o Teach how to keep a lab notebook and how to present the results • Support integration of our products into customer applications • Engage in outreach activities • Participate in design, construction, and support of tradeshow demonstrations
Requirements
• Master in Physics or Engineering (PhD is a plus) • 3+ year’s laboratory experience in research or product development • Excellent teaching and communication skills • Broad base of photonics knowledge with expertise in multiple applications and measurement/analysis techniques (e.g., Optical Coherence tomography, Fourier Transformation, Spectroscopy, Laser Characterization, Fiber Optics, Polarization Optics, Adaptive Optics) • Strong motivation on constantly learning new technologies, new applications and new developed products • Ability to work independently as well as part of a team • Fluent in Mandarin and English
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