Responsibilities
- Investigate different design options and finding the best option through evaluating tolerances, manufacturability, light budgets and other trade-offs in imaging and illumination system.
- Deliver a complete optical system design by performing thorough tolerancing analysis with full consideration of alignment process, metrology, system calibrations and opto-mechanical design limitations.
- Translate system or subsystem requirements into optical design and optical manufacturing requirements.
- Deliver opto-mechanical design requirements such DOF table.
- Design and implement optical alignment and metrology process, test/tooling fixtures to achieve targeted optical performance.
- Follows complete design process throughout full product development cycle. It includes design reviews, part procurement from vendors, verification, integration and product release.
- Debug, and trouble-shooting of any optical problems that arise with the system
- Designing and building off-axis mirror system in high precision.
- Deliver coating modeling in optical software and optical requirements to complete coating requirements.
- Conduct optical analysis to deliver information needed to complete light budget.
Qualifications
The preferred candidate will have experience and capability in the following areas:
- Excellent optical system design such as high precision lens/mirror design, illumination design, preferably in semiconductor tools
- High proficiency in optical design software such as CodeV or Zemax or LightTools
- Able to conduct statistical optical component and system tolerancing
- Able to create specifications of precision opto-mechanical assemblies
- Understand optics manufacturability and reflect it in optical design
- Strong understanding in optical metrology tool and data
- Building and aligning complex optical system using diverse mechanical, auto-collimator, point source microscope, CGH, and interferometry.
- Test stand design and build: concept, error budget, realization.
- Optical module and system build and debugging.
- Deliver solid design reviews and achieve design approvals from multi-disciplinary stakeholders
- Working knowledge with diverse optical devices and components: objectives, collimation and relay optics, fibers, cameras and detectors.
Experience
- Highly desired to have more than five years of professional experience in high precision optical system development, preferably in semiconductor tools
- Experience of working with top tier optical suppliers to develop high precision optics and optical assembly
- Strong emphasis on creative problem solving and effective communication.
- Be able to interface with multidisciplinary groups and work effectively in a team and be willing to take on responsibility, follow through and keep multiple simultaneous assignments on schedule.
- Be able to quickly acquire technical knowledge from documentation and on-the-job training and be capable of thoroughly investigating technical issues (analytically and hands-on in a lab).
- Strong communication and presentation skill. Must have the capability to clearly communicating progress and status of ongoing investigations to managers and to customers; Candidate will be required to write reports documenting investigations carried out.
Personal skills
- Should be able to work, and deliver self-independently with minimum supervision
- Can observe and respond to people and situations and interact with others encountered in the course of work.
- Strong customer focus and commitment to customer satisfaction through prioritization, quality, efficiency and professionalism.
- Ability to complete assignments with attention to detail and high degree of accuracy.
- Proven ability to perform effectively in a demanding environment with changing workloads and deadlines.
- Result driven-demonstrate ownership and accountability.
- Identifies bottlenecks and drives improvements.
- Work independently or as part of a team and follow through on assignments with minimal supervision.
- Demonstrate open, clear, concise and professional communication.
- Ability to establish and maintain cooperative working relationships with manager, co-workers and customer.
- Work according to a strict set of procedures within the provided timelines.
Education
- MS or Ph.D in Optical engineering (preferred) or Physics
- Highly desired to have strong background in following disciplines, Geometrical optics, Fourier optics, Lens/mirror design, Radiometry, Optical metrology, Illumination optics, Optical imaging system, Optical alignment.
The Position is located in the U.S., must be willing to relocate to Milpitas, CA
Minimum Qualifications
- This is a senior engineering role. Advanced degree is a must.
- Doctorate in Optics/Physics and 5+ years of work experience, or a Master's Degree and 8+ years of work experience.