Exciting direct hire opportunity with a growing company in the advanced scientific instrumentation space for an Optical Engineer! This position requires at least two years of experience in optical design using tools such as Zemax and Optica for optical modeling. This is a great opportunity to be a key player in the full development lifecycle for cutting-edge technology! Employment authorization assistance is not available for this position at this time, nor is relocation assistance. If interested in this position, apply today with your resume!

Description & Duties

• Participate in the activities and timelines of the system design team for the entire development life cycle, including specification, design, unit functional testing, troubleshooting, implementation, integration and transfer to manufacturing
• Carry out complex assignments requiring development of new or improved techniques or procedures
• Provide input for design specifications and test plans, solutions and implementation
• Troubleshoot and debug optical system design
• Coordinate and assist in design verifications and validations
• Conduct design reviews of fixtures and assemblies
• Interact regularly with management to communicate status of milestones and impacts of technical hurdles
• Review engineering documents and documentation
• Work with Optical Scientists and Mechanical Engineers to design next generation optical systems
• Coordinate and/or execute architectural design, implementation, and testing of certain major sub-assemblies with optical technicians

Experience

****2+ years in optical engineering design***

• Experience designing and troubleshooting electronics, software or optics
• Skilled in prototyping, fundamental optical design, data acquisition, data processing and system level thinking
• Willing and able to own the design and testing of optical systems and subassemblies for use in automated biotech instrumentation
• Working knowledge Zemax/Optica or other optical modeling software
• Experience conducting laboratory experiments and troubleshooting laser systems
• Experience conducting design verification of sub-systems
• Experience with lab automation and machine vision
• Excellent project management, analytical, problem solving and organizational skills
• Experience with new product development/introduction and commercialization processes
• Ability to self-organize and work with minimal supervision
• Experience with MATLAB, Mathematica, python or C is a plus
• Fluidics, Microfluidics experience a plus
• Excellent written and oral communication skills and the ability to work flexibly and collaboratively in a fast-paced environment

Educational Background:

• Bachelor’s Degree in Optical or Mechanical Engineering or other engineering discipline; or 5+ years optomechanical design experience