Optical Engineer IV

Duration:  12 Months

• Work in cross-functional teams with multiple disciplines (optical, mechanical, electrical, firmware, etc.) to operate and maintain lab tools and develop processes for the fabrication and measurement of novel optical elements.
• Guidance and direction to be provided by research scientists and optomechanical engineers.

Skills:

• Experience with building, maintaining, and operating precision optical lab systems such as lasers, LEDs, optics, fiber optics, electronics, and mechanical sub- assemblies.
• Background in designing and running experiments with precision optical setups.
• Experience with process design and iterative development, including data acquisition and analysis.
• Ability to communicate highly technical information to and collaborate with a diverse cross functional team.
• Safety conscious: proactive in establishing a safe working environment for themselves and others.

Experience Level:

• >3 years work experience (>=5 preferred)

Knowledge:

• Optical system design and alignment
• Design of experiments
• Lab personnel and hardware safety (lasers, ESD, automation, etc.)
• Data analysis using Python or MATLAB
• Bonus: familiarity with SolidWorks or Zemax
• Bonus: Holographic exposure/interferometry experience

Top 3 must-have HARD skills:

• Zemax
• Must have worked in a Lab before
• Looking for someone to build, align, and take data in a lab environment.
• Hardware experience, Build bench top set ups for prototyping, metrology.

Good to have skills:

• Lithography type of concepts experience ( chip level industry) wafer experience
• Generic problem solving