Optical Engineer

3 weeks ago


San Diego, United States StaffWorks LLC Full time

Job Responsibilities

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  • 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.

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