Senior Optical Scientist or Engineer

Key Responsibilities

• Develop recording approaches to fabricate complex holographic optical elements.
• Review customer system specifications and, from them, develop internal component requirements and select appropriate fabrication techniques.
• Implement complementary metrology capabilities by designing and building tools to measure key optical characteristics of the product.
• Develop test plans.
• Iterate designs based on customer and partner feedback.
• Collect, analyze, and report on all produced data and link to customer requirements.
• Supervise and provide technical support for other engineers and interns.
• Generate intellectual property for products, applications and process.
• Support business functions beyond holography: e.g. design and simulation work for MTI’s nanolithography technology.
• Contribute reporting and status information to project management team.

Requirements

• M.Sc. in Optical Engineering, Applied Physics or related technical discipline – Ph.D. desirable.
• Five years relevant experience (or an equivalent combination of education, training and experience).
• Practical, hands-on experience in designing, assembling and using complex optical setups including specialized coherent sources, spectroscopic tools, and mechanical automation equipment.
• Proficiency in developing custom software for automation, testing and analysis in Python, Matlab, R, Julia or other.
• Experience with computer generated holography and/or adaptive optics in contexts like optical tweezing, astronomy or computer vision would be an asset.
• Excellent documentation habits and communication skills.
• Ability to work independently and maintain a rapid development pace.
• Experience with optical simulations tools is desirable (raytracing, RCWA, coupled wave theory, FDTD etc).
• Experience scaling-up optical equipment from lab-scale to volume production is an asset.
• Willingness to learn key system concepts and testing protocols from other engineers and technicians with optical, mechanical, and electronics experience.