Optical Engineer

Job Responsibilities

Serve as a laser and optical integration engineer for laser systems ranging from early concepts to product prototypes to initial production units

Hands-on skill in optical instrumentation and metrology

Design, build and test novel laser cavities and laser-based systems

Develop detailed alignment procedures and create robotic scripts to automate alignment of laser systems

Hands-on experience in the development, prototyping, testing or transfer to production of complex Software/Optical/Mechanical systems

Use Zemax to design and tolerance laser and optical systems

Responsible for evaluation of failure modes, conducting root cause analysis and implementation of corrective actions for the company products

Appreciation and practice for engineering process rigor appropriately applied based on product/process maturity

Interact effectively and efficiently as part of a multi-member, multi-function team, as well as with customers and suppliers, write reports and contribute peer reviewed publications and invention disclosure

The ideal candidate will have

Proficient at Python or C++

Proficient at aligning and integrating complex optical and electrical table setups

MS Office Products

Experience with machine learning

Knowledgeable of semiconductor laser technology, laser and optical design and modeling, optical components and materials from UV to IR, optical metrology and measurement equipment.

Able to use Solidworks to create opto-mechanical designs and test setups

Knowledgeable of electronic test equipment for time-domain and frequency-domain measurements, control theory, and signal processing

Basic knowledge of Zemax Optic Studio ray tracing design software. Working knowledge of both sequential and non-sequential simulations. Laser optical system design experience preferred. Ability to learn how to use merit functions, configurations, tolerance scrips, macros, DLLs, and ZOS-API.