Applied Materials Waveguide Design Engineer 

United States, California 

243296117

The position requires an MS or PhD in optics, physics, photonics, or related field. Candidates must have relevant optical design experience, experience with tolerancing and design for manufacturing, familiarity with optical materials and fabrication methods, and excellent technical communication skills. Previous experience working on AR device product development is advantageous. Successful candidates must work well in collaborative environments.

Job Function:

• Design waveguides for augmented reality (AR) displays using custom waveguide design tools
• Collaborate with design, process, metrology, and customer teams to develop manufacturable, testable, and useful product designs
• Provide expertise in AR display quality challenges and lead display quality problem solving efforts

Key Qualifications

• MS or PhD in optics, physics, photonics, or related field
• 5+ years experience in optical design (refractive, diffractive, and/or polarization optics)
• 5+ years experience using optical simulation tools (RCWA, FDTD, FEM, etc)
• Prior experience using optimization methods
• Experience with MATLAB, Python, JMP
• Familiar with optical metrology methods and metrics
• Familiar with optical materials (glasses, crystals, thin films, adhesives, etc)
• Familiar with waveguide manufacturing processes (Deposition methods, Dry Etch, Wet Etch, NIL, Photolithography, Dicing, Edge Blackening)
• Familiar with physical metrology methods (SEM, TEM, Elemental Analysis, CDSEM, AFM, etc)
• Excellent technical communication skills

Preferred Qualifications

• Prior experience working on AR device product development
• Prior experience in an optical lab environment