Optical Engineer
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Requirements
• A degree in Optical Engineering, Physics, Electrical Engineering, or a related field, with professional experience designing and analyzing optical systems for laser or photonics applications. • Deep hands-on experience with Zemax (OpticStudio) or comparable optical design and simulation tools, including tolerance and stray light analysis. • Strong understanding of classical optics, Gaussian beam propagation, laser physics, and material behavior under high-intensity or high-fluence conditions. • Comfortable moving between modeling and the lab — supporting alignment, testing, debugging, and iteration of real optical hardware. • You bring rigor to your designs, anticipate failure modes, and care deeply about accuracy, documentation, and long-term reliability. • You can work effectively with scientists, engineers, and technicians and communicate complex optical concepts clearly across disciplines. • Preferred: Experience with MATLAB, Python, or similar tools for analysis, modeling, or automation of design workflows. • Preferred: Familiarity with cleanroom practices, vacuum-compatible optical design, large-aperture optics, or advanced components such as adaptive or deformable optics.
Responsibilities
• Optical System Design: Design, model, and optimize complex optical systems for high-energy and high-average-power laser applications, balancing performance, robustness, and manufacturability. • Simulation & Analysis: Use advanced optical modeling tools (e.g., Zemax / OpticStudio) to perform ray tracing, tolerance analysis, stray light analysis, and wavefront propagation to predict and validate system behavior. • Performance Specification: Define detailed optical specifications including component selection, materials, coatings, and tolerances to meet demanding power, fluence, and stability requirements. • Integration & Commissioning: Partner closely with technicians, laser engineers, and mechanical and electrical teams during assembly, alignment, testing, and commissioning of optical systems, troubleshooting issues as they arise. • System Optimization: Identify and resolve performance limitations related to aberrations, thermal effects, alignment sensitivity, and stray light to ensure stable, repeatable operation at high power. • Documentation & Communication: Produce high-quality technical documentation, analyses, and design reviews to support internal development, knowledge sharing, and external collaboration. • Cross-Functional Collaboration: Work across disciplines to ensure optical designs integrate cleanly into larger laser, mechanical, electrical, vacuum, and control system architectures.
Benefits
• Equity options mentioned as part of compensation package: "Equity Options." • Remote work options mentioned: The ability to telecommute is part of benefits package explicitly stated.