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Optical Engineer - Lens Designer at Atom Computing, Boulder, CO. A mid-level full time position in the Optical Engineering team, listed under hardware engineering.
Atom Computing is seeking an Optical Engineer specializing in Lens Design to create custom, high-performance optical systems from the ground up. In this role, you will own the complete optical design lifecycle—from initial concept and ray-tracing to tolerancing, finalizing optical prescriptions, and working directly with fabrication vendors to bring custom lenses for our quantum computer to life.
Responsibilities
- Design, build, and test lens assemblies and systems for fiber collimation, laser delivery, imaging systems.
- Research and develop novel lens and mirror systems for laser delivery and imaging systems.
- Perform analysis on aberration correction, athermalization, and chromatic performance to balance competing system requirements
- Evaluate suitability of design solutions by performing detailed tolerance and stray light analysis
- Develop alignment procedures for optical designs
- Generate rigorous optical fabrication drawings and specifications (e.g., ISO 10110 standards) for custom lens components and assemblies.
- Collaborate directly with custom optics foundries and coating vendors to ensure manufacturability (DFM) and oversee the procurement of custom optical elements.
Requirements
- Bachelor’s degree in Optical Sciences or Optical Engineering, advanced degree a plus
- 5+ years optical design experience
- 2+ years of hands‑on optics assembly experience in a laboratory environment
- Experience with Fourier Optics, flat field relay optical systems, and telecentric imaging
- Experience in the design of high‑numerical‑aperture imaging systems
- Experience with Zemax, FRED, or equivalent ray‑tracing software
- Expertise in Design for Manufacturing (DFM) for precision optics
- Fluency in optical drawing standards (ISO 10110).
- Experience with lens tolerancing in ray‑tracing software
- Experience with STOP analysis
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