Optical Engineer

Avery Dennison's Reflective Solutions Division develops and manufactures retroreflective prismatic sheeting for highway safety products such as highway sign sheeting and conspicuity tape.

We are seeking a creative, analytical Optical Engineer to join our R&D team in Niles, IL. This role will support the Senior Optical Engineer in developing and manufacturing retroreflective prismatic sheeting for the highway safety market.

• Optical modeling and design
• Cube corner prism modeling
• Design of new prismatic sheeting types
• Selection and maintenance of commercial instrumentation for measurement of topography, retroreflectivity, and color
• Development and maintenance of custom instrumentation (hardware and software)
• Data analysis from modeling and measurement

• Bachelor's degree in Optics, Optical Engineering, Physics, Mechanical Engineering, Electrical Engineering, or a related field
• Master's or PhD preferred
• 4+ years of optics experience in industry and/or academic research setting
• Solid understanding of geometric optics, Fourier optics, and color theory
• Math proficiency (3D geometry, vector analysis, calculus, Fourier analysis)
• Technical programming skills, particularly in object-oriented programming (MATLAB preferred)
• Experience with sequential and nonsequential ray tracing preferred
• Experience with interferometry, photometry, colorimetry, microscopy, refractometry, and profilometry preferred
• Experience with stage/goniometer control preferred
• Data analysis skills using programming and spreadsheets (MATLAB and Excel preferred)