Job Description
Principal Optical Engineer | Next Gen Optics | London - Onsite | -85k - -110K
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We're looking for an experienced Principal Optical Engineer to lead the development of advanced optical systems for an innovative next-generation hardware platform.
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This is a highly technical, hands-on role where you'll own the optical architecture, design, and development from prototyping, design, development and integration to manufacturing.
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If you enjoy solving complex optical engineering problems and want to lead the development of a next-generation product. This is the role for you.
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Responsibilities:
Skills:
Benefits:
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We're looking for an experienced Principal Optical Engineer to lead the development of advanced optical systems for an innovative next-generation hardware platform.
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This is a highly technical, hands-on role where you'll own the optical architecture, design, and development from prototyping, design, development and integration to manufacturing.
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If you enjoy solving complex optical engineering problems and want to lead the development of a next-generation product. This is the role for you.
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Responsibilities:
- Own the optical architecture and technical direction of a next-generation product and future technology roadmap.
- Design, model, simulate and optimise optical systems using Zemax.
- Lead optical system development from early prototypes through design verification & validation and production.
- Develop optical performance budgets, tolerance analyses, error budgets and calibration strategies.
- Balance performance and engineering capabilities with manufacturability, cost, reliability, packaging, thermal behaviour and scalability. -
- Work hands-on in the laboratory to validate designs and correlate simulation with measured performance.
Skills:
- Master's or PhD background in a related subject, etc Electronics, Optics, Photonics, Physics.
- 7+ years' experience in optical design or optical engineering within complex hardware products.
- Expertise using Zemax for optical design, simulation, optimisation and tolerancing.
- Experience taking optical designs from prototype through verification, validation and towards production.
- Ideally experience with systems involving imaging systems, microscopes, precision instrumentation, holography and laser systems.
Benefits:
- Salary £85,000 - £110,000 DoE
- Holiday allowance
- Pension scheme