r/Physics • u/RoundElephant5876 • 6d ago

employed physicist

Those of you who have completed research physics and are currently working, how is it, what exactly do you do, are you satisfied, do you work inside your country (and if yes, which one) or abroad, online, how difficult was it for you to get your current job?

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u/Zealousideal-Pop9078 5d ago

Did a PhD in applied optics, wrote one application and have been working in development of a large optics company in Germany ever since (8 years now). I develop metrology systems there which involves doing requirements engineering, writing simulations and evaluation software in Matlab, and troubleshooting production issues. I like what I do.

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u/htybar 4d ago

Do you mostly work with fiber? And what is your work physics like just maxwells and optics or you have to work with qm, qft and other theoretical physics from time to time?