158 optical engineer jobs at 65 companies in Fairfax, CA
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Optical Engineer
San Carlos, California, United States
$120k-$200k/yr OnsiteFull Time
3+ YOEBachelor’s in Optical Engineering, Physics, or related field; 3+ years designing free-space optical systems; Zemax or Code V; experience with optical components, coatings, and tolerances; STOP analysis; fiber-to-free-space coupling.
Zemax, Code V, optical coatings
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Optical Engineer II
Oakland or El Segundo
$150k-$190k/yr HybridFull Time
4+ YOEBachelors in optical engineering or related field (or equivalent experience), 4+ years designing/building electro-optical instruments, proficiency with optical test instrumentation, ability to obtain security clearance, and experience with free-space optical design.
OSAs, power meters, interferometers, wavefront sensors, beam profilers, network analyzers, spectrum analyzers, high-speed oscilloscopes, ray tracing software
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Senior Optical Engineer
Livermore, California, United States
$176k-$267k/yr HybridFull Time
Ability to obtain DOE Q-level clearance (U.S. citizenship required). Bachelor's in optical science, physics or related (required). Advanced optical engineering knowledge, experience with CODE V, Zemax, FRED, optical metrology, and strong communication skills.
CODE V, Zemax, FRED, interferometer, spectrophotometer, collimated source testing system
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Senior Optical Engineer
Fremont, California, United States
$160k-$220k/yr OnsiteFull Time
10+ YOEMaster’s degree or higher in a relevant engineering or science field, 10+ years in optical or semiconductor packaging, hands-on process engineering, and experience leading global teams and vendors.
DOE, SPC
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Optical Network Engineer
Mountain View, California, United States
$120k-$475k/yr HybridFull Time
7+ YOE7+ years in optical interconnect engineering, BS/MS/PhD in EE/Optical/Physics/Photonics, experience qualifying 400G–1.6T modules, PAM4/SerDes knowledge, optical test equipment proficiency, and link budget modeling.
Keysight 86100, MATLAB, Python, GNPY, BERT, OTDR, optical spectrum analyzer, sampling oscilloscope, optical power meter, TDECQ tester, OIF-CEI, IEEE 802.3dj
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Optical Engineer, Precision Instrumentation
Emeryville, California, United States
$150k-$250k/yr OnsiteFull Time
Hands-on optical engineer with deep optical design and fabrication fundamentals, precision hardware experience, end-to-end instrument ownership, rapid prototyping skills, and ability to make performance, manufacturability, cost, and timeline tradeoffs.
femtosecond lasers, CAD/CAM, 3D printing, DAQ, TTL, SPI
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Staff Optical Engineer
Mountain View, California, United States
$184k-$223k/yr HybridFull Time
8+ YOE8+ years developing imaging and infrared remote sensing instruments; expertise in optical design, error budgeting, precision metrology, AI&T, and software (Python, C++). Degree in engineering or equivalent experience; ability to obtain security clearance preferred.
Zemax, Code V, FRED, Python, C++
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Optical Engineer/Scientist (Ph.D.)
Menlo Park, California, United States
$140k-$154k/yr OnsiteFull Time
Ph.D. in EE/Optics/Applied Physics, experience in optics and electronics, ability to build optical systems, strong written/verbal communication, and client-facing consulting skills.
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Optical Transceiver Engineer
Fremont, California, United States
$81k-$132k/yr OnsiteFull Time
3+ YOEBachelors in EE or related, 3+ years optical transceiver design experience, hands-on optical component selection and testing, analog/RF circuit and lab measurement skills, electronics CAD and optical simulation experience, strong analytical and communication skills.
CST, HFSS
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Senior Optical Engineer — VETi Platform
Palo Alto, California, United States
OnsiteFull Time
5+ YOEMS or PhD in Physics/Optics/Optical Engineering or related field; 5+ years in optical engineering; Zemax; hands-on experience with confocal laser scanning, OCT, and imaging instruments; cross-disciplinary collaboration.
Zemax, Python, MATLAB
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Senior NPI Optical Engineer
San Carlos, California, United States
$145k-$196k/yr OnsiteFull Time
5+ YOEB.S. or M.S. in engineering, 5+ years manufacturing/process engineering experience (medical devices/diagnostics preferred). Expertise in optical principles, alignment equipment, precision assembly, GD&T/CAD (SolidWorks), ISO 13485/FDA QSR knowledge, SPC/DOE/FMEA, and data-driven problem solving.
SolidWorks, Arena, NetSuite, autocollimators, interferometers, optical power meters, spectrometers
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Optical Engineer, RTP, Test Automation and Optics NPI
Menlo Park, California, United States
$173k-$245k/yr OnsiteFull Time
8+ YOEBachelor's degree or equivalent practical experience, 8+ years developing optical networking hardware, Python test automation, high-speed optical and electrical testing, and optical transceiver NPI leadership.
Python, BERT, OSA, SCPI, VISA, PyVISA, QSFP-DD, OSFP, QSFP112, CMIS, Git, Mercurial, C/C++, MATLAB, NumPy, pandas, SQL
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DWDM Optical Network Engineer
Carlsbad or Englewood or San Jose or San Francisco or New York City
$121k-$190k/yr OnsiteFull Time
5+ YOEBachelor's or master's degree in electrical engineering, computer science, or computer engineering; 5 years of relevant experience with multi-vendor network equipment; optical networking, DWDM, fiber routing, testing, troubleshooting, and automation experience.
Nokia, Adtran, Infinera, Adva, 3-GIS, ESRI ArcGIS, QGIS, Java, Python, Golang, DevOps, OTDR, Optical Power Meter, BER Test, Method-of-Procedures (MOPs), DWDM
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Optical Interconnect System Engineer
San Francisco, California, United States
$342k-$445k/yr HybridFull Time
Experience designing, deploying, qualifying, and troubleshooting large-scale optical systems, high-density fiber architectures, optical-mechanical integrations, and integrated hardware systems.
fiber, optical modules
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Senior Optical Design Engineer
Mountain View, California, United States
$159k-$231k/yr OnsiteFull Time
4+ YOEBachelor's or equivalent experience, 4+ years optical design experience, Python proficiency, familiarity with camera/sensor/display systems, strong communication and critical thinking.
Python
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Associate/Senior Optical Engineer, R&D
Emeryville, California, United States
$150k-$275k/yr OnsiteFull Time
2+ YOEPhD in optics/physics,2+ years industry/start-up experience,hands-on optical system design and construction,proficiency coding for instrument control/data acquisition/analysis,ability to communicate technical results.
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Lead, Satellite Optical Payload Engineering
Mountain View or San Diego
$210k-$270k/yr OnsiteFull Time
5+ YOE5+ years designing, developing, and testing optical systems (≥2 years space-based); experience with high-data-rate optical communications, OISL, PAT systems; demonstrated team leadership; bachelor's or master's in EE/Optical/Physics/STEM or equivalent experience.
Zemax, Code V, MATLAB
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Product Engineer 4 (Optical)
Fremont, California, United States
$104k-$231k/yr HybridFull Time
3+ YOEMaster's (5+ yrs) or PhD (3+ yrs) in engineering/physics/optics or equivalent experience; experience with optical/electrical sensors, plasma diagnostics, process control, mathematical modeling, and programming (MATLAB, C++, Python).
MATLAB, C++, Python, Zemax
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Product Engineer 4 (Optical)
Fremont or California
$104k-$231k/yr HybridFull Time
3+ YOEMaster's (5+ yrs) or PhD (3+ yrs) or equivalent experience in materials, EE, ME, optics, physics, chemistry, or chemical engineering; experience with optical/electrical sensors, plasma diagnostics, process control, modeling and statistical analysis; MATLAB, C++, Python, Zemax.
MATLAB, C++, Python, Zemax
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Mechanical Engineer, Camera & Optical Modules
South San Francisco, California, United States
OnsiteFull Time
Experience designing camera/optical modules or compact electromechanical products; strong mechanical fundamentals, tolerance/FEA/thermal analysis, CAD and GD&T proficiency; supplier collaboration and failure investigation skills.
CAD, GD&T, FEA, SerDes, GMSL, MIPI
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