Optical Engineer
About The Position
Optikos is seeking an early-career, talented, enthusiastic, and creative individual to join our growing business of optical design services and optical system development. You will join a diverse engineering staff and develop new and cutting-edge products for our customers and for the Optikos product line. Our small company atmosphere (80+ employees) is ideal for those engineers who enjoy the full gamut of product development, from conceptualization, modeling and simulation, to prototyping and laboratory testing. You will build the products you design and see them manufactured for use in consumer, industrial, medical, and aerospace applications. Optikos specializes in taking on interesting and challenging projects and we are eager to add talent to our exceptional team! A successful candidate has a solid foundation of optical knowledge and an eagerness to learn anything and everything about optics. You must be creative and inquisitive, a quick study, receptive to feedback, and willing to learn on-the-job. Excellent communication skills are mandatory, technical writing samples are encouraged.
Requirements
- Highly motivated individual capable of independent direction, problem solving, & troubleshooting
- Attention to detail, capable of following written instructions
- Enjoys hands-on work in the lab
- Build and test mechanical and optical designs
- Experience with optical test equipment (interferometers, autocollimators, spectrophotometers, etc.)
- Familiar with proper optics handling
- Excellent communication skills, including technical writing
- Write test reports, work instructions, communicate between interdisciplinary teams of engineers
- Familiarity with optical design software (Zemax OpticStudio preferred)
- Degree in Optics or Physics (Bachelor’s Degree minimum)
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Entry Level
Number of Employees
51-100 employees
