We are a global team of 750 bright, talented people – united by the ambition to turn brilliant and radical ideas into technologies, products and services that are new to the world. If you are intrigued by solving the world’s most complex engineering, technology and design problems, then our mission might be the one for you!
This is an exciting opportunity to join Cambridge Consultants’ Photonics Group — a team accelerating the adoption of innovative photonic technologies into real-world products. Our work spans photonic integrated circuits, nano- and micro-fabricated optics, nonlinear systems, and emerging fields such as quantum photonics. We push the boundaries of design, modelling and experimental validation to make novel optical technologies practical and scalable.
As a photonics architect, you will lead multidisciplinary teams developing next-generation photonic and optoelectronic systems. You will set the technical vision, define architectures, and guide projects from concept through design, integration, and validation. Working closely with electronic, mechanical, and software engineers, as well as external foundries and other partners, you will ensure that ambitious ideas are translated into robust and manufacturable hardware.
You’ll also play a key role in shaping the strategy and future direction of the Photonics Group, helping to grow internal capability and mentor new talent while engaging with clients at the forefront of optical innovation.
Cambridge Consultants creates exciting and novel breakthroughs in design and technology rich products. We help our clients achieve the kind of game-changing leap forward that will transform their whole business.
At the heart of what we do are talented and motivated multi-disciplinary teams empowered to create cutting edge technologies and systems to solve difficult problems for our clients.
We recognise and celebrate individual talent and we understand the importance of letting individuals be just that. Our people are here to do the best work of their lives and our job is to provide the platform for them to do it. That means letting people pursue the projects that interest them and develop their career in whatever direction they choose.
We do deep tech, you create the future… we are Cambridge Consultants. We do extraordinary, new-to-the-world deep tech innovation. What is deep tech? It’s a mindset; a bold strategy that harnesses radical science and engineering to achieve things no-one else can. It enables our clients to gain unassailable commercial advantage from defendable technology that they own. Markets are redefined, and the world takes notice.
As the deep tech powerhouse of Capgemini, we’re ready to work with you to create technologies, services and products that have never been seen before. And which will transform business, society and the planet. If your ambition is to shatter the status quo, it’s time to get the future you want – with the power of deep tech.
We are global team of 800 bright, talented people, delivering work across 35 countries from offices in Cambridge (UK) Boston (USA), Singapore and Tokyo. We have more than 140 laboratories and over 200,000 square feet of world-class design and development facilities.
Our people are united by the ambition to turn brilliant, breakthrough ideas into scaled technologies, products and services. Cambridge Consultants is trusted by some of the world’s biggest brands and most ambitious start-ups to achieve their critical technology-based aspirations – and we’ve been doing it for more than 60 years.
