Optical Engineering - Design/Analysis

Optical Engineer
Apple's display technology team features a collaborative environment with creative and elite products & pioneering technologies. Outstanding engineering excellence and thoroughness are expected and encouraged. Innovation, IP and patent creation are highly supported and valued. Opening the boundaries to design and ship innovative products with outstanding technologies and user experiences are the goals of our team. To be successful, you thrive in a dynamic, agile, multi-disciplinary, and hands-on environment that values engineering excellence, creativity, and innovation.
As an optical engineer focused on novel instrumentations, you will be responsible for designing and developing industry leading optical instruments for metrology systems. These optical instruments are for calibrating and testing optical display modules, across multiple product lines (e.g. vision, phone, watch, mac, pad …), Derive instruments' requirements from metrology needs, and design metrics to quantify optical instruments' performance.
Conduct effective FA (failure analysis) & CA (corrective action) for optical instruments and metrology systems, through analytics, numerical modeling, and bench-top testing.
Develop performance verification protocol to ensure the instrument performance complies with defined requirements.
Require domestic and international travel for work (up to 20%)
BS and a minimum of 3 years relevant industry experience in Optics, Physics, Electrical Engineering, Biophysics, Mechanical Engineering, or equivalent.

Thorough understanding and experiences in optical instruments (imaging and non-imaging) design, modeling and performance quantification.
Strong analytical model building and problem-solving capability
Deep experience in any of the following fields is a plus: AR/VR display, camera lens, camera, OCT, LIDAR, microscopy, spectroscopy, optical wavefront metrology, semiconductor laser, optical grating, prescription glasses, tunable light source, or integrating sphere.
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