Optical Engineer

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Santa Clara, CA, USA
In-Office
121K-200K Annually
Entry level
Semiconductor • Manufacturing
The Role
Designs metasurfaces and diffractive optical structures to manipulate light and improve image sensor performance. Troubleshoots optical issues, develops solutions, performs FDTD simulations and optimization, and analyzes optical and image data using tools such as MATLAB, Python, and Excel. Requires advanced education in optics, physics, electrical engineering, or a related field, along with strong teamwork and communication skills.
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Overview:
The Sr/Staff/Principal Optical Engineer works in an aggressive, fast-paced R&D environment to develop and design optical structure to improve image sensor performance.
 
Responsibilities:
  • Design Metasurface for light manipulation
  • Troubleshoot optical issue and provide solution 
Requirements:
  • Experience of Metasurface structure design or similar
  • Experience of diffractive optical device design or similar.
  • Proficient in FDTD simulation, and optimization.
  • Knowledge of Wave, Fourier and Geometrical optics.
  • Good Image/Data analysis skill, by like Matlab, or Python, Excel etc.
  • Good communication skills, good at team work.
  • Graduate degree and above in the area of optics, physics, EE or related
Annual base salary for this role in California, US is expected to be between $120,600 - $200,200.
Actual pay will be determined on a number of factors such as relevant skills and experience, and
the pay of employees in the similar role.
EOE/Minorities/Females/Vet/Disability

Skills Required

  • Experience designing metasurface structures or similar optical structures
  • Experience designing diffractive optical devices or similar
  • Proficiency in FDTD simulation and optimization
  • Knowledge of wave, Fourier, and geometrical optics
  • Image and data analysis skills using MATLAB, Python, Excel, or similar tools
  • Good communication and teamwork skills
  • Graduate degree or higher in optics, physics, electrical engineering, or a related field
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The Company
HQ: Santa Clara, California
1,448 Employees
Year Founded: 1985

What We Do

Founded in 1995, OMNIVISION has been at the leading-edge of technology, developing and delivering advanced digital imaging, analog, and touch & display solutions for multiple applications across several industries. With more than 3,000 employees worldwide and over 13 billion products shipped, OMNIVISION is a well-known global fabless semiconductor company. Our products can be found everywhere in people’s lives including mobile phones, security & surveillance, automotive, computing, medical, and emerging applications. Across these segments, OMNIVISION’S award-winning technology enables a smoother human/machine interface in many of today’s commercial devices. In this way, OMNIVISION delivers solutions that put its customers at the leading edge of technology. Whether it be developing the first mobile handset camera accessory in 2002, introducing the world’s smallest NTS camera in 2006 or launching PureCel CMOS image sensors in 2013, our dedication to providing reliable, innovative imaging and sensing solutions continue to be the primary aim. The company has recorded numerous industry firsts in its relentless quest for technology breakthroughs that deliver #InfiniteIngenuity: • Guinness World Record for the World's Smallest Commercially Available Image Sensor (OV6948) in 2019. In 2021, it beat its own record with the new OH0TA OVMed® • First to commercialize backside illumination technology in 2007 (OmniBSI™) • Industry's 1st to deploy the most mature LED Flicker Mitigation (LFM) solution in mass production for multiple automotive applications • Automotive industry leader with HALE, our HDR & LFM Engine combination algorithm • Developer of Nyxel® near-infrared technology with by far the best quantum efficiency in CMOS near-infrared imagine • Creator of CameraCubeChip™, the industry’s 1st wafer-level camera modules • First and only global shutter image sensors with cybersecurity, for ADAS and autonomous vehicles • First to introduce RBG-Ir technology to medical

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