Optical System Engineer - Pico - San Jose

Bytedance • San Jose, CA

4d • $126,000 - $306,000

About The Position

As a world-renowned VR/AR brand with independent innovation and R D capabilities, Pico has been at the forefront of the consumer electronic market. We have teams in Northern America, Europe, Japan and South Korea. We are looking for a creative Optical Systems Engineer to join us to build our AR/VR display optics system team, to develop and lead new optical module development for Pico products.

Requirements

• Bachelor's degree in optical engineering, physics, or a related technical discipline or equivalent experience.
• 3+ years of industry experience working on optical systems.
• Demonstrated history of optical system engineering and cross-functional product development.
• Experience working with uncertainty and directing cross-functional teams to manage the risk portfolio at different stages of product development.
• Experience in optical design software (e.g. Zemax, Code V, LightTool, etc.).
• Experience in at least one of the following: Imaging optics design, varifocal optical system, light-field display, computer generated holography.
• Experience communicating and collaborating in a cross-functional team environment.

Nice To Haves

• Advanced degree in optical engineering, physics, or a related technical discipline.
• Experience in developing and launching products in relevant fields in consumer electronics
• 5+ years of industry experience.
• Experience working in a fast-paced startup environment.

Responsibilities

• Develop display optics systems for augmented reality applications
• Identify new concepts and system architectures to improve optical performance and system cost
• Build innovative display optics system prototypes
• Work closely across optics, mechanics, perceptual scientists, and other cross-functional teams to define, develop, simulate, and realize a variety of optical systems
• Work closely with external partners to identify, define, develop, test, and deploy state-of-the-art display optics systems
• Work with product teams to define product-level requirements and optical system requirements
• Manage and execute technology and product subsystem development processes, from exploration, to definition, specification, architecture, design, verification and production.

Benefits

• Employees have day one access to medical, dental, and vision insurance, a 401(k) savings plan with company match, paid parental leave, short-term and long-term disability coverage, life insurance, wellbeing benefits, among others.
• Employees also receive 10 paid holidays per year, 10 paid sick days per year and 17 days of Paid Personal Time (prorated upon hire with increasing accruals by tenure).

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Mid Level
• Number of Employees: 5,001-10,000 employees