Optical Metrology Engineer - Optical Systems

Corning•Village of Fairport, NY

1d•$112,902 - $155,240•Onsite

About The Position

Corning is a world leader in materials science, including glass, ceramics, and more. We are seeking an Optical Metrology Engineer to join our team. This role involves developing, building, and maintaining instrumentation and test methods for precise optical assembly analysis. Our technologies impact various markets, including life sciences, mobile electronics, optical communications, automotive, and solar energy. We encourage innovation and provide opportunities for employees to make a significant impact.

Requirements

B.S. in Optics or Physics
5-15 years in designing instrumentation for testing precision optical components systems.
Hands-on metrology laboratory experience required, as is industrial experience in optical metrology.
Must be familiar with optical shop phase measuring interferometers.
Ability to function on a product development team of multi-disciplinary engineers.
Experience and understanding of geometrical optics and optical test methods.
Ability to read and interpret drawings with geometrical dimensioning and tolerancing (GD&R).
Must have strong presentation and technical writing skills to enable communication within the program team and with internal and external customers.

Nice To Haves

M.S. in Optics or Physics
Experience with interferometry, wavefront sensing, deflectometry, profilometry, precision tooling, polarization/polarimetry, etc.
Experience with aspheric measurement methods (sub-aperture stitching, null testing, CGH design and implementation, etc) a plus.
Familiarity with optical and stylus profilometry, roughness measurement, microscopy.
Familiarity with gauge study and measurement uncertainty assessment.
Proficiency in Excel is required.
Matlab, Python, or other analytical software applications is desired.
Proficiency with phase measuring software from Zygo, 4D, Apre, QED a plus.

Responsibilities

Collaborate with multi-disciplined project teams to design, integrate, and qualify custom metrology equipment.
Work as Technical Lead of new programs.
Design (or specify for purchase) optical test methods and instrumentation to measure various parameters of optical assemblies.
Use a wide array of in-house and commercial metrology and software to assess wavefront, polarization.
Read and interpret optical drawings containing optical tolerancing and ISO specifications.
Analyze optical component surface maps to assess complex shapes using Zernike and asphere polynomials.
Create and document metrology methods and test procedures for transfer to manufacturing.
Train manufacturing personnel to execute test and measurement tasks.