Senior Optical Engineer , Hardware - Emerging Optics
San Diego, California
As a Senior Optical Engineer, you will engage with an experienced cross-disciplinary staff to conceive and design innovative consumer products. You will work closely with an internal interdisciplinary team and outside partners to drive key aspects of product definition, execution, and test. You must be responsive, flexible, and able to succeed within an open collaborative peer environment.
Key job responsibilities
In this role, you will:
• \tWork with an experienced cross-disciplinary team to develop high level system architectures, and define subsystem and component level requirements.
• \tDevelop, design, model, fabricate, and test optical components, diffractive elements, and imaging systems.
• \tCollaborate with component and product engineering teams to provide rapid prototyping and characterization of components and systems.
• \tUsing a combination of modeling and laboratory data collection, validate the capability of proposed optical architectures across variations in design and manufacturing methods, and where possible drive performance advances.
• \tWork with external vendors, suppliers, and contract manufactures to broaden and optimize design and manufacturing space.
We are open to hiring candidates to work out of one of the following locations:
San Diego, CA, USA
BASIC QUALIFICATIONS
- • \tBachelor's degree or equivalent experience in Optical Engineering, Optical Sciences, Physics, Electrical Engineering or related field
- • \t5+ years' experience in design, fabrication, characterization of diffractive optical elements
- • \tExperience in optical design using one or more standard optical design software packages such as LightTools, Zemax, FRED, TracePro, SPEOS
- • \tHands-on experience in laboratory work
PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS
- • \tMaster's or Doctoral degree in Optical Engineering, Electrical Engineering, Physics, Electrical Engineering or related field
- • \tExperience working with, characterizing and testing photopolymer materials
- • \tExperience with design and fabrication of Volume Bragg Grating
- • \tExperience with optical metrology tools material characterization tools such as interferometers, spectrometers, ellipsometer, and other standard image quality testing tools
- • \tExperience with semi-conductor fabrication and lithography process
- • \tExperience working in a clean room environment
- • \tExperience working, communicating, and collaborating in a cross-functional team environment
- • \tDemonstrated ability to run experiments and trouble shoot complex problems
- • \tExcellent verbal and written communication skills
- • \tSelf-motivated and self-directed individual, with little supervision necessary
Amazon is committed to a diverse and inclusive workplace. Amazon is an equal opportunity employer and does not discriminate on the basis of race, national origin, gender, gender identity, sexual orientation, protected veteran status, disability, age, or other legally protected status. For individuals with disabilities who would like to request an accommodation, please visit https://www.amazon.jobs/en/disability/us.
Our compensation reflects the cost of labor across several US geographic markets. The base pay for this position ranges from $114,300/year in our lowest geographic market up to $213,600/year in our highest geographic market. Pay is based on a number of factors including market location and may vary depending on job-related knowledge, skills, and experience. Amazon is a total compensation company. Dependent on the position offered, equity, sign-on payments, and other forms of compensation may be provided as part of a total compensation package, in addition to a full range of medical, financial, and/or other benefits. For more information, please visit https://www.aboutamazon.com/workplace/employee-benefits. This position will remain posted until filled. Applicants should apply via our internal or external career site.
Key job responsibilities
In this role, you will:
• \tWork with an experienced cross-disciplinary team to develop high level system architectures, and define subsystem and component level requirements.
• \tDevelop, design, model, fabricate, and test optical components, diffractive elements, and imaging systems.
• \tCollaborate with component and product engineering teams to provide rapid prototyping and characterization of components and systems.
• \tUsing a combination of modeling and laboratory data collection, validate the capability of proposed optical architectures across variations in design and manufacturing methods, and where possible drive performance advances.
• \tWork with external vendors, suppliers, and contract manufactures to broaden and optimize design and manufacturing space.
We are open to hiring candidates to work out of one of the following locations:
San Diego, CA, USA
BASIC QUALIFICATIONS
- • \tBachelor's degree or equivalent experience in Optical Engineering, Optical Sciences, Physics, Electrical Engineering or related field
- • \t5+ years' experience in design, fabrication, characterization of diffractive optical elements
- • \tExperience in optical design using one or more standard optical design software packages such as LightTools, Zemax, FRED, TracePro, SPEOS
- • \tHands-on experience in laboratory work
PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS
- • \tMaster's or Doctoral degree in Optical Engineering, Electrical Engineering, Physics, Electrical Engineering or related field
- • \tExperience working with, characterizing and testing photopolymer materials
- • \tExperience with design and fabrication of Volume Bragg Grating
- • \tExperience with optical metrology tools material characterization tools such as interferometers, spectrometers, ellipsometer, and other standard image quality testing tools
- • \tExperience with semi-conductor fabrication and lithography process
- • \tExperience working in a clean room environment
- • \tExperience working, communicating, and collaborating in a cross-functional team environment
- • \tDemonstrated ability to run experiments and trouble shoot complex problems
- • \tExcellent verbal and written communication skills
- • \tSelf-motivated and self-directed individual, with little supervision necessary
Amazon is committed to a diverse and inclusive workplace. Amazon is an equal opportunity employer and does not discriminate on the basis of race, national origin, gender, gender identity, sexual orientation, protected veteran status, disability, age, or other legally protected status. For individuals with disabilities who would like to request an accommodation, please visit https://www.amazon.jobs/en/disability/us.
Our compensation reflects the cost of labor across several US geographic markets. The base pay for this position ranges from $114,300/year in our lowest geographic market up to $213,600/year in our highest geographic market. Pay is based on a number of factors including market location and may vary depending on job-related knowledge, skills, and experience. Amazon is a total compensation company. Dependent on the position offered, equity, sign-on payments, and other forms of compensation may be provided as part of a total compensation package, in addition to a full range of medical, financial, and/or other benefits. For more information, please visit https://www.aboutamazon.com/workplace/employee-benefits. This position will remain posted until filled. Applicants should apply via our internal or external career site.
Created: 2024-04-04
Reference: 2571415
Country: United States
State: California
City: San Diego
ZIP: 92109
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