Responsibilities:
- Designing and specifying optical components and modules such as lasers, LEDs, optical filters, cameras, sensors, and lens assemblies
- Creating specification documents and working with vendors to design for manufacturability and process
- Calibrating, testing, and troubleshooting prototype optical systems
- Assembling and aligning tabletop optical components
- Developing, documenting, and detailing operational methods sheets and assembly procedures with vendors
- Implement optical alignment and metrology process or test/tooling fixtures to achieve targeted optical performance
- Integrating prototype systems onto semiconductor tools for system function testing and validation
- Determining test methods and procedures for technical de-risk or to eliminate root causes
- Reporting and presenting results to guide design decisions
- Evaluating design alternatives especially for timeline, tolerancing, manufacturability, light budgets, error budgets, and gauge repeatability and reproducibility
- Following a design process with reviews, procurement from vendors, first-article inspection, testing, prototype integration, and design release
PROFICIENT IN:
- Demonstrating an understanding of optical subsystems and their interface with other subsystems, e.g. mechanical, electrical, control, environment, and software
- Performing in-depth system troubleshooting using diagnostics, protocols, theory of operations, and other information
- Creating technical and process related procedures from scratch, redlining drafts, and updating and releasing documentation
- Assisting with technical conference calls and support issues escalated from the field and customer
- Developing recommendations and acting independently to determine appropriate test and troubleshooting methods
- Working on complex assignments where independent action and a high degree of initiative are required for problem solving
Requirements
- An understanding of optics theory, especially illumination, imaging, and microscope systems, is a must
- Experience with optical design in software such as CodeV, Zemax, or Lighttools
- Optical bench, subsystem, or system assembly experience and comfort with complex optomechanical alignment
- Ability to measure, troubleshoot, test, process, and communicate data, images, signals, and readings
- Ability to travel to manufacturing and customer facilities (domestic and international) as part of product development
- Be results driven
- Proven ability to perform effectively in a demanding environment with changing workloads and deadlines
- Be able to work in a multi-discipline and multi-culture global organization
- PHD/Degrees in optical engineering, physics, system engineering or related is preferred
- Experience with spectroscopy, coatings, and opto-mechanics a plus
