Optical Systems Engineer
Tucson,
United States
Company Profile
AOM is bringing decades of experience in optical metrology expertise to bear on some of the most demanding optics applications on earth – the fast-growing commercial space telescope industry, next-generation AR/VR/MR headsets, and a host of other research and industrial technologies that will shape humanity’s future through optics.
We are a fast-growing optics metrology business supporting amazing technology development all around the world. We operate with the pace and feel of a tech startup with the security of a mature technology at its core. It’s challenging, fun, and offers many opportunities to learn and grow for a motivated Optical Systems Engineer.
Our products and services include:
• Computer Generated Holograms (CGHs) enabling interferometric testing of optical surfaces – aspheres, freeforms, cylinders, conic sections, and many other complex surface shapes and optical systems
• Mechanics for precise positioning and alignment of CGHs and test optics
• Development of complete optical test setups for the fast-growing commercial space telescope industry, consumer electronics customers, the semiconductor lithography industry, and many other applications.
Essential Functions
Systems Engineer key roles and responsibilities:
- Primary responsibility for the development of test systems that include optics, mechanics, data acquisition, and software.
- Lead technical development of initial design concepts, identify assumptions, and key trades related to performance and cost.
- Collaborate with the project manager to develop WBS and plan for managing development, design, manufacturing, QC, and commissioning.
- Work with the technical team to develop cost-effective solutions, performance analysis, and manufacturing plans with an emphasis on manufacturability
- Performance verification and documentation, define quality plans, and verify that all aspects of QC are complete and documented.
- Support deployment and commissioning of test systems hardware in the field.
Optical Engineer key roles and responsibilities:
- Perform design and analysis for optical systems, develop optical models of imaging and metrology systems.
- Utilize software for efficient perturbation analysis and develop comprehensive error budgets.
- Develop software as necessary to perform analysis of simulations and data.
- Use AOM proprietary modeling software to design CGH test setups of optical surfaces and systems.
- Understand customer requirements and develop concepts of operations with emphasis on using AOM heritage methods.
Qualifications
The successful candidate will possess these skills and qualifications:
- MS or Ph.D. in Optical Engineering
- At least 5 years' experience in optical systems engineering role
- Demonstrated ability to balance performance, cost, risk, and schedule for the development of optical systems.
- Proficient in optical design and analysis, including Zemax or equivalent software.
- Hands-on experience setting up and aligning optical systems, making precision measurements with Interferometer, CMM, laser trackers.
- Experience developing optical tests, including error budgets and verification plans.
- Ability to create software for post-processing data from optical modeling or measurements.
- Understanding of optical surface specification, GD&T, kinematic constraints, and experience putting these ideas into practice.
- Experience processing test data, quantifying, and reducing uncertainty.
- Provide detailed reports and customer-facing documentation for the metrology systems that are produced
- Due to the nature of some of the projects we take on, US Citizenship or Permanent Resident visa (green card) required
Why AOM?
We are a fast-growing optics metrology business supporting amazing technology development all around the world. We operate with the pace and feel of a tech startup with the security of a mature technology at its core. It’s challenging, fun, and offers many opportunities to learn and grow for a motivated Optical Systems Engineer.
Compensation
Competitive salary
Generous benefits package
Perks
401k contribution
Profit sharing
Community
Company lunches, activities, and events
Opportunity
Learn and grow under the mentorship of optics community leaders