# Scientist II, Silicon Photonics at Lila Sciences

- Company: Lila Sciences
- What the company does: LILA has created the world's first Operating System for Science powered by Scientific Superintelligence™. Backed by General Catalyst.
- Company website: https://www.lila.ai/
- Type: Startups (AI role)
- Level: Mid level
- Location: Cambridge, MA USA
- Work setup: On-site
- Posted: 2026-09-14
- Apply by: 2026-10-29
- Apply: https://job-boards.greenhouse.io/lilasciences/jobs/4383465009
- Page: https://www.1752.vc/careers/jobs/lila-sciences-scientist-ii-silicon-photonics/

## About the role

Lila Sciences is seeking a Scientist II, Silicon Photonics to join the Materials Science team within the Autonomous Science Platform. This role builds the measurement, analysis, and data-quality foundation for novel electro-optic materials and the photonic devices built from them, turning material and device performance into trusted data for scientists and for the models that learn from it.

## What they're looking for

- • PhD in Electrical Engineering, Applied Physics, Materials Science, or a related field
- • Hands-on experience characterizing photonic materials and devices at chip and wafer level, spanning thin-film and material-level measurements through passive and active device testing
- • Experience measuring thin-film optical and electro-optic properties, including extraction of electro-optic coefficients
- • Experience testing passive photonic structures such as waveguides, resonators, and couplers, including loss and dispersion characterization
- • Experience with electro-optic modulators or related active integrated photonic devices. • Experience building and debugging optical and optoelectronic measurement setups, including alignment, calibration, and noise control
- • Experience developing measurement methods where no standard protocol exists, including defending measurement validity and data quality

Tags: Autonomous Science Platform