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Optical Engineer, Design Validation III
9845 Willows Road Redmond, WA 98052 US
Posted: 12/31/2025
2025-12-31
2026-02-15
Job Number: 41699
Job Description
Optical Engineer, Design Validation III
Onsite
Summary:
We are looking for an Optical Engineer with passion for new technology development to join our team, whose mission is to deliver beyond state-of-the-art Waveguide Technologies for consumer near to eye displays at our research and development facilities. We are looking for a candidate with experience in novel optical device design and metrology either as part of their PhD or industry experience.
Responsibilities:
Pay range is $78 - $83 per hour with full benefits available, including paid time off, medical/dental/vision/life insurance, 401K, parental leave, and more. Our compensation reflects the cost of labor across several US geographic markets. Pay is based on several factors including market location and may vary depending on job-related knowledge, skills, and experience.
THE PROMISES WE MAKE:
At Crystal Equation, we empower people and advance technology initiatives by building trust. Your recruiter will prep you for the interview, obtain feedback, guide you through any necessary paperwork and provide everything you need for a successful start. We will serve to empower you along the way and provide the path for your professional journey.
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Onsite
Summary:
We are looking for an Optical Engineer with passion for new technology development to join our team, whose mission is to deliver beyond state-of-the-art Waveguide Technologies for consumer near to eye displays at our research and development facilities. We are looking for a candidate with experience in novel optical device design and metrology either as part of their PhD or industry experience.
Responsibilities:
- Collaborate closely with technical leadership team, technical program managers and other research scientists and engineers to devise and execute on design validation of novel optical devices towards program priorities
- Design, build and validate novel optical metrology systems towards supporting design validation activities
- Collaborate cross-functionally with operations, productization and system engineering teams to lead and support activity on research prototypes and scale up including pilot scale ramp and technology transfer to contract manufacturer
- PhD degree in the field of Engineering, Optical Sciences, Physics
- experience in diffractive optics design, free-space optics, optical alignment or optomechanics
- 5-7 years of experience with scientific programming languages such as LabView, MATLAB, Python, Mathematica, or similar
- 5-7 years of experience in statistical data analysis
- Experience in electromagnetic modeling and analysis of nanoscale structures, metastructures, anisotropic materials, films, or holographic elements, using algorithms such as RCWA or FDTD
- Experience in optical metrology tools such as interferometry, image quality testing, and polarization test
- Experience in LabView programming
- Experience in one or more optical design tools such as VirtualLab, Code V, Zemax, Light Tools or FRED
- 5-7 years of experience in hardware prototyping (e.g., bench prototyping, basic electronics, and software system integration)
Pay range is $78 - $83 per hour with full benefits available, including paid time off, medical/dental/vision/life insurance, 401K, parental leave, and more. Our compensation reflects the cost of labor across several US geographic markets. Pay is based on several factors including market location and may vary depending on job-related knowledge, skills, and experience.
THE PROMISES WE MAKE:
At Crystal Equation, we empower people and advance technology initiatives by building trust. Your recruiter will prep you for the interview, obtain feedback, guide you through any necessary paperwork and provide everything you need for a successful start. We will serve to empower you along the way and provide the path for your professional journey.
For more information regarding our Privacy Policy, please visit crystalequation.com/privacy.
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