The Senior Optical Engineer will lead our activity in physical optics. As subject matter expert in the corporate R&D team you will be responsible for the physical optics product range at Focuslight. This includes diffractive optical elements, Metaoptics and all products where physical optics plays a major role to realize a certain optical function. To be successful you need to have a complete understanding of the laws involved in manufacturing miniaturized structures for optical use.

Job Responsibility

In more detail the Subject Matter Expert should

• Design micro-optical components based on physical optics principle
• Design, simulate and optimize diffractive optical components
• Lead and mentor a team to oversee the production of such components on different platforms and perform the functional test required to meet the customer’s specifications.
• Accumulate the knowhow from quick and inexpensive failures.
• Efficiently use the global internal and external resources to produce the DOE products competitive in the market.
• Establish technical documentation
• Provide Technical support across the globe

Key Competences

• Excellent technical and analytical understanding of complex subjects
• Habitude to work in project teams merging different competencies
• Able to plan experiments unifying different technology platforms
• Lead a project team of experienced engineers and technicians to obtain a common goal
• Connections within the etched optics industry and research institutes
• A personality that is goal-oriented, self-driven, give quick response and has a strong sense of responsibility

Professional skills

• B. Sc. / M. Sc./Ph. Degree in Microtechnology/Physics/Electrical Engineering or related field
• Experience in metrology and characterization of micro and nanostructures
• Fluent in English, German as well as French

• Highly experienced in optical system design and analysis of diffractive optics
• Experience with optical design software optical and modelling tools (VirtualLab, …)
• Skilled in numerical computing software tools (MatLab, Pyhton, …)
• Knowing how to use computational hardware and AI to optimize optical design more efficiently and effectively is a plus.
• Profound knowledge in micro and nanofabrication technology and clean room fabrication process including DOE and metaoptics wafer foundries.
• Familiar with the capabilities of major DOE and metaoptics suppliers and their market trends.