248 optical engineer jobs at 85 companies in Larkspur, 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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Staff Optical Engineer
Milpitas, California, United States
$136k-$217k/yr OnsiteFull Time
10+ YOEBachelor's in Optics/Physics/Optical/Mechanical/Electrical Engineering required; extensive optical system design experience; Zemax (OpticStudio) proficiency; experience with optical integration, alignment, calibration, ISO 13485 and 21 CFR Part 820 compliance.
Zemax (OpticStudio)
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Senior Optical Engineer
Milpitas, California, United States
$118k-$200k/yr OnsiteFull Time
0+ YOEDesign and develop high-precision optical subsystems; perform tolerancing, optical alignment and metrology; use Code V, Zemax or LightTools and MATLAB/Python; advanced degree in optical engineering or physics preferred.
Code V, Zemax, LightTools, MATLAB, Python
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Optical Engineer (52249)
Milpitas, California, United States
$121k-$178k/yr OnsiteFull Time
2+ YOEMaster’s degree in optical or electrical engineering, applied physics, or equivalent experience; 2+ years in optics or related fields; optical testing, laser package design, modeling, simulation, and failure analysis experience.
Lumerical, Tidy3D, COMSOL, Claude, ChatGPT, TEM, EELS, EDS, SIMS, XPS, Microsoft Office
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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
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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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Associate Optical Packaging Engineer
Milpitas, California, United States
$115k-$130k/yr OnsiteFull Time
1+ YOEBachelor's degree in engineering/physics/materials, 1+ years semiconductor/packaging or photonics experience, hands-on optical alignment and fiber optics knowledge, data analysis (Excel/JMP/MATLAB/Python), SPC/DOE familiarity, strong problem-solving and collaboration skills.
Microsoft Excel, JMP, MATLAB, Python
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Optical Network Engineer, Google Global Infrastructure
Thornton or Sunnyvale
$126k-$180k/yr OnsiteFull Time
3+ YOEBachelor's degree or equivalent practical experience, 3+ years in optical engineering, networking, and infrastructure, plus experience operating optical networking equipment.
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Optical Hardware Engineer (Sunnyvale, CA.)
Sunnyvale, California, United States
$136k-$275k/yr HybridFull Time
2+ YOEBachelor's degree or equivalent experience, 2+ years of optical transceiver specification and testing, optical IEEE/MSA knowledge, optical and electrical equipment expertise, and automation software experience.
IEEE, OIF, SNIA SFF
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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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Optical Hardware Engineer (Sunnyvale, CA.)
Sunnyvale, California, United States
$136k-$275k/yr HybridFull Time
Bachelor's degree or equivalent experience, 2+ years of optical transceiver specification and testing experience, optical and electrical equipment knowledge, and automation software experience.
IEEE, OIF, SNIA SFF
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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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