Join Halo Industries and be part of a company that's transforming the semiconductor industry with our innovative laser technology. Founded in 2014 and supported by significant funding as of 2024, we're focused on creating efficient solutions that dramatically reduce waste and improve material performance across various sectors such as automotive, telecommunications, and power electronics.
The OpportunityHalo Industries is seeking a Research Software Engineering Intern. The role involves developing software for fundamental experiments in laser-materials processing and optical metrology as well as characterization and optimization of prototype laser processing systems. The hired candidate will contribute by optimizing performance of our existing tools as well as extending our technology to new materials and processes.
The primary deliverables/responsibilities of the position include:
- Understand and extend a Python framework for laboratory instrumentation, machine control, and data storage and analysis, and its associated continuous integration pipeline.
- Develop software for alignment & test fixtures for laser processing modules.
- Develop drivers, control systems, instrumentation, visualization and analysis for laser machining experiments.
- Process, analyze and visualize data from experiments and production tools
- Work with electrical engineers, optical engineers, and mechanical and opto-mechanical engineers to understand and improve the experiments and procedures.
RequirementsBasic Qualifications
- Junior / 3rd year or recent graduate in Software, Electrical or Mechatronic Engineering, Computer Science, Physics, Mathematics or a related field.
- Proficient in Python programming
- Experience in hardware control, instrumentation, and data acquisition, developing desktop GUI applications, or asynchronous concurrency
- Experience data processing, analysis and visualization
- Advanced skills and deep understanding of Python & its standard library: asyncio, context managers, static type system, threading, ctypes.
- Experience with lasers, optics, or semiconductors.
- Strong organizational and written communication skills.
Benefits
Salary Range : 20 - 30 USD per hour.
Halo Industries Santa Clara, California, USA Office
Santa Clara, CA, United States, 95054
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