Optical Design Engineer
Metalenz is developing next-generation sensing systems for consumer electronics with metasurface technology. As an Optical Design Engineer you will help advance and support the design of our products in imaging and non-imaging optic technologies. A successful candidate will be able to draw from their body of knowledge in optics and apply it to problems in meta-optic system design.
What you’ll do
- Work with the design team and product team to integrate new developments and viewpoints into the design of our optical systems, both at the component and module level.
- Expand our system design capabilities, breaking free from the viewpoints dominating traditional optics design.
- Apply home-grown techniques to meta-optic design toward a diverse range of consumer applications.
What you’ll need
- MS/PhD in Physics, Applied Physics, Electrical Engineering, or relevant field and/or demonstrated excellence in relevant technical domains
- Technical background in diffractive optics, imaging systems, and metasurface physics
- Comfort working with high performance computing environments, especially Julia (Matlab/Python also acceptable)
- Eagerness to propose, develop, and test new design and analysis techniques
- Familiarity with optical engineering workflows and best practices (Zemax, CodeV, LightTools, FRED, metrics for image or illumination quality)
What we do
- Work with consumer electronic OEMs to commercialize metasurface optics
- Design next-generation optical systems for emerging consumer applications like 3D sensing
- Apply a modern software stack and cutting-edge developments in computing to greenfield areas in optical system design
- Support internal fabrication and metrology with custom in-house software
What we offer
Metalenz is a rapidly growing start-up that offers best-in class benefits.
- We provide competitive compensation
- Pre-IPO stock options
- 100%, company paid premiums for employees and their dependents, such as medical, dental, and vision
- Employer Health Savings Account (HSA) contributions
- Employer matching 401k
- Pre-tax commuter plans
- Hybrid working model
- Casual dress code
- Generous holiday and vacation policies
Job Location: Boston, MA / Hybrid
No visa sponsorship. Only persons eligible for work in the USA need apply.
Keywords: Optics, imaging, research engineer, optimization, metasurface, metalens, computational physics, scientific machine learning