Optical Engineer Job Description
Optical Engineer Duties & Responsibilities
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Optical Engineer Qualifications
Qualifications for a job description may include education, certification, and experience.
Licensing or Certifications for Optical Engineer
List any licenses or certifications required by the position: III, DAWIA, TX, CCNP, CCNA, CCOS, FND, PMP, ISTQB, X.509
Education for Optical Engineer
Typically a job would require a certain level of education.
Employers hiring for the optical engineer job most commonly would prefer for their future employee to have a relevant degree such as Bachelor's and Master's Degree in Engineering, Physics, Optics, Electrical Engineering, Science, Technical, Mechanical Engineering, Design, Education, Computer Science
Skills for Optical Engineer
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Desired experience for optical engineer includes:
Optical Engineer Examples
Optical Engineer Job Description
- Design electronic circuitry and optical components with specific characteristics to fit within specified mechanical limits and to perform according to specifications
- Design suitable mounts for optics and power supply systems
- Incorporate methods for maintenance and repair of components and designs, and develops test instrumentation and test procedures
- Provide engineering support on systems, system elements, components, devices and/or processes
- Apply engineering disciplines to support design, development, and implementation activities
- Troubleshoot and repair electronic test equipment operation (Oscilloscope, spectrum analyzer, multi-meter)
- Lead engineering and validation studies
- Provide support for new product development manufacturing operations
- Designing, fabricating and evaluating specialty optical fibers for a wide range of applications, including next-generation high energy laser fibers for operation at eye-safer wavelengths and in windows of atmospheric transmission, photonic crystal and photonic bandgap fibers including negative curvature fibers
- Modeling the fiber structure, laser-active dopant level and distribution, and the incorporation of additional glass forming and glass modifier ions to facilitate the desired glass fiber properties
- BA or BS degree in Optics, Photonics, or Physics preferred
- A Master’s degree or Ph.D
- BS or MS in Physics, Electrical, or Optical Engineering (or equivalent)
- Demonstrated familiarity with optical physics, radiometry, ENVI image processing software and spectroscopy
- 10 years’ experience in engineering and development of opto-mechanical instrumentation preferably with emphasis on spectroscopy, interferometry and fiber-optic techniques
- Experience with C++, Solidworks a plus
Optical Engineer Job Description
- Extensive understanding of laser-related physics, and possessing physics-based modeling capability and techniques
- Permanent screening of products offered by competitors and suppliers
- Design, set up and conduct/supervise appropriate testing of individual parts whole system
- Assist with the documentation (drawings) for product components
- Testing complex optical components & assemblies to evaluate alignment, focusing and performance characteristics
- Work closely with Production and Engineering to ensure delivery of quality products to our customers
- Develop, write and execute comprehensive test plans and procedures for product and system verification
- Perform functional and performance acceptance testing on night vision systems
- Identify and clearly document issues for resolution
- Develop testing automation equipment and methodologies and work with other engineering departments to verify the customers’ requirements are met
- Experience with new product development, medical devices, optical assemblies and fiber optics, ophthalmic devices
- Detail and organizational skills
- Demonstrated integrative problem solving skills to coordinate resources, technical issues and external consultants
- Comfort with working in a dynamic and innovative environment with significant demands on new product introduction
- Desire to teach and willingness to learn
- Must have expertise and at least 15 year’s experience in optical fiber strain and temperature sensing using distributed fiber Bragg grating arrays and high sensitivity sensing using fiber Fabry Perot-based sensors
Optical Engineer Job Description
- Conduct system-level analysis of concepts using various modeling and simulation tools
- Advise the Government on coordination with Contracts personnel and aid Government COTRs through acquisition processes
- Write acquisition documents (Statements of Work)
- Conduct proposal evaluations for technical, management, and cost issues
- Plan and analyze budgets for current and future years
- Work with Product Line Management team to understand customer requirements
- Translate customer requirements to design requirements for execution by development teams
- Translate new industry standards into easy to understand format for development teams
- Define system architecture including evaluation of enabling technologies, both hardware and software
- Create simulation tools for investigation the application and performance impact of component parameters
- A passion for space and a willingness to take big risk for important problems
- Worked extended hours and weekends as needed
- Some knowledge of a broad range of optics including imaging, illumination, radiometry and photometry, physical and geometric optics, statistics, and polarization
- Excellent oral, written and presentation skills for interfacing with senior management and customers mentoring of younger engineers
- Optical engineering or related discipline
- Extensive knowledge in optical engineering
Optical Engineer Job Description
- Perform and assist in validation testing activities and ensure product delivered to validation team aligns with original customer request
- Serve as reviewer of technical documentation in support of product development and release
- Assist and lead in some early product demonstrations to customers
- Plan and direct advanced, innovative technical projects
- Pursue new technology for product suitability
- Perform and coordinate system-level Optical hardware and process trades with Harris and Supplier teams to arrive at mutually agreeable spec-compliant solutions to technical problems
- Definition, Design, Development and Performance Verification of Interferometers, Telescopes, and Optical Coatings, Processes and Components resulting in Delivery of Quality Products meeting our Customer’s Requirements
- Optical budgets and sensitivities including wave-front error, MTF, line of sight, stray-light, SNR, SWAP, glint, spectral tuning/splitting, polarization, phase retrieval, image simulation, and radiometric calculations
- Creating and Managing Optical and Radiometric requirements and specifications for systems, assemblies, and components
- Hands-on test/review of data, materials and components to verify compliance to specifications
- Working knowledge of ZEMAX
- Proven ability to lead multidisciplinary team of scientists or engineers
- Broad knowledge of engineering and physics across disciplines
- Work experience in other engineering disciplines is a plus
- Must be analytical and possess strong organizational and problem solving skills
- Exposure to optical concepts and opto-mechanical design
Optical Engineer Job Description
- Ensure adherence to defined network engineering processes
- Create and document DWDM-related policies, procedures and standards
- Serve as Tier 4 ecalation support for critical operational incident resolution
- Basic optical design of LCD backlights
- Design of opto-electronics setup of displays
- Selection and qualification of light sources (LEDs, Lasers, quantum dot materials,..)
- Selection and qualification of light sensors (color sensors, spectrometers,…)
- Definition of control loop architecture and algorithms
- Optical modelling by non-sequential ray tracing with commercial software packages
- Qualification of components and sample modules in laboratory environment
- Familiarity with electrooptics and imaging technology
- Proficient in troubleshooting a wide range of issues across multiple technologies
- Broad knowledge of engineering concepts (device behaviour, troubleshooting, data analysis, and systems modelling)
- Must be willing to travel both domestic and international
- Self-initiated, highly motivated, enjoys hands-on work, drives and leads teams towards success, is an independent thinker and thought leader
- Minimum 5 years of relevant industry experience in Optics and Optoelectronics