Summer 2027 Internship, Experimental Lasers

Company: Xcimer

Key Responsibilities

• Own a scoped experiment through a 12-week cycle: define the question and success criteria, write the test plan, run it, and report the result.
• Build first-order physics models from the literature to size the experiment and interpret the data.
• Assemble, align, and operate pulsed laser systems and beamlines, working with Experimental Lasers staff and with optical and controls engineers.
• Design and calibrate pulse diagnostics, and quantify the uncertainty in what they measure.
• Present results at team reviews and a company-wide Lunch and Learn, and document the work.

Requirements & Tech Stack

• Education: Enrolled in, or admitted to, an MS or PhD program in physics, optics, electrical engineering, or a related field.
• Experience: Hands-on research or thesis work using lasers or optical systems.
• Clear written and verbal communication, including presenting technical results.
• Available to work full-time onsite in Denver for all 12 weeks.
• Must be a U.S. citizen or national, U.S. permanent resident (current Green Card holder), or lawfully admitted into the U.S. as a refugee or granted asylum.

Desired

• Hands-on experience operating pulsed lasers or nonlinear frequency conversion.
• Demonstrated ability to calibrate energy, temporal, spectral, or beam-profile diagnostics and analyze the data in Python, MATLAB, or similar.
• Skilled at working safely with vacuum systems, high voltage, or Class 4 lasers.
• Track record of planning and running experiments independently, from alignment through data analysis.