Photonics and optoelectronics recruitment

Photonics hiring reaches across lighting, sensing, imaging and datacom, and the same device physics turns up in very different businesses. Candidates move between those applications more readily than most hiring managers expect.

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Technologies we recruit for

LEDs, OLED and lighting
Laser diodes and laser systems
Imaging sensors and cameras
Optics and optical design
Optical transceivers and datacom
Laser submounts and thin-film ceramics

Roles we fill

Optical and photonics design engineers
Imaging and sensor applications engineers
Technical sales for photonic components
Product managers for lighting and laser products
R&D leadership

Roles in this market5

Market intelligence

Field NotesWhere to find us in person: PCIM, electronica, SEMICON Europa and OptatecFour shows, every edition, the full run of days. They are where a year of email turns into conversations, where a coffee becomes a search, and where the people we placed last year introduce us to the people we will place next year. If you are going, we are going. Here is what each one is for, when the next one is, and how to find us.

Placements we have made here

Searches completed by Global Technology Recruitment. Neither the people nor the companies are named.

Executive Vice PresidentLighting and UV · Europe · 2026
Senior Sales ManagerLighting · Central Europe · 2026

Vacuum, Thin-Film & PlasmaPVD and CVD deposition · Plasma etching, cleaning and activation · Lithography

Wireless & RFRFICs and RF front ends · Antennas and antenna design · Bluetooth, NFC and short-range connectivity

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