Optical Software Engineer

Optical Software Engineer

The main function of the software engineer is to create pipelines utilizing innovative algorithms for optimizing AR/VR devices and automating the process to continuously produce high-performance design iterations.

Job Responsibilities:

• Develop and maintain internal optical software simulation and optimization pipelines.
• Create user-friendly applications with both internal and external simulation software to enable designers to optimize optical designs efficiently.
• Validate the internal simulation pipeline using established simulation solutions.

Minimum Requirements:

• A Master’s degree in Electrical Engineering, Physics, Computer Science, Optical Engineering, Applied Mathematics, or a related field.
• Background in optics or photonics.
• At least 2 years of experience with Python and C++ coding.
• Experience in using and/or developing open-source software and/or commercial software for computational simulation and optimization.
• Experience with testing industrial software products and services, including but not limited to writing automated tests, developing testing frameworks, performing manual tests, etc.

Preferred Qualifications:

• A Ph.D. degree in related fields.
• Experience in development of optical simulation solutions such as ray tracing, RCWA, FDTD, or similar.
• Experience with PyTorch, Jax, or a similar machine learning framework.
• Experience in high-performance computing with CUDA and/or cloud computing environment.
• Experience working in an industrial research environment with researchers with various backgrounds.

Must-Have Hard Skills:

• Python (MUST), C++ [Optional]
• Optic and photonics physics background
• Experience in development of Optical Simulation Solutions such as Ray Tracing, RCWA, FDTD, or similar

Nice-to-Have Skills:

• ML experience or background in big tech
• Optimization algorithms
• Experience in high-performance computing with CUDA and/or cloud computing environment