13 optical engineer jobs at 9 companies in Tennessee
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Optical Engineer
Broomfield or College Park or California or Colorado or Massachusetts or Tennessee or Washington or Italy or Korea or Sweden or Switzerland or Canada or United Kingdom
$117k-$152k/yrOnsiteFull Time
IonQNYSE: IONQ: Develops and sells trapped-ion quantum computers and cloud services.
Bachelor's degree in optics/engineering/physics required. Proven optical system design experience for space/high-precision instruments. Extensive experience with ZEMAX, SolidWorks, and Siemens NX. U.S. person/export-control eligibility required.
Principle Optical Engineer & Electro-Optical Lead - Directed Energy (Knoxville, TN, Tennessee, United States)
Knoxville, Tennessee, United States
$112k-$220k/yrOnsiteFull Time
HIINYSE: HII: Builds naval ships and provides global defense technology solutions.
4+ YOESenior optical engineer with expertise in optical/EO-IR system design for high‑power lasers, stray light analysis, alignment, and systems integration; proficiency with Zemax/Code V, DOORS, MATLAB; ability to obtain SECRET clearance; significant leadership experience.
Type One Energy: Developing optimized stellarator fusion energy systems for power plants.
Master's or Doctoral degree in EE/Physics, experience in microwave or millimeter-wave engineering, Gaussian beam optics knowledge, EM simulation proficiency, and hands-on microwave measurement experience.
Santa Clara or Seattle or Reston or Nashville or Austin
$91k-$187k/yrOnsiteFull Time
OracleNYSE: ORCL: Provides cloud infrastructure and enterprise software for global businesses.
3+ YOEBachelor's in CS/EE or related, minimum 3 years network engineering experience focused on hardware platforms; experience with switches, routers, and optical systems; strong collaboration, communication, and problem-solving skills.
Roswell or Boulder or Arlington or Baytown or Ann Arbor or Chino
$45-$68/hrRemoteFull Time
Thermo Fisher ScientificNYSE: TMO: Sells equipment and chemicals for scientific research and healthcare.
5+ YOEAssociate degree or 5 years technical experience in electron microscopy or similar instrumentation; strong troubleshooting across electronics, mechanics, optics, vacuum, and software; project leadership; English proficiency; willingness to travel 25–50% and hold a valid passport.
Type One Energy: Developing optimized stellarator fusion energy systems for power plants.
Advanced degree in EE/Physics, experience in microwave or millimeter-wave engineering, Gaussian beam optics knowledge, EM simulation and laboratory measurement experience, strong analytical and communication skills.
QualX: Provides information management and IT solutions to government agencies.
Hands-on experience with Cisco Nexus NX-OS and Catalyst IOS-XE, Cisco ACI/APIC, routing protocols (EIGRP/OSPF/BGP), data center cabling/optics, network automation with Ansible/Linux, and monitoring with SNMP/Wireshark.
Senior Scientist in Chemical Biology and Therapeutics
Memphis, Tennessee, United States
$104k-$186k/yrOnsiteFull Time
St. Jude Children's Research Hospital: Pediatric research hospital treating children with catastrophic diseases.
5+ YOELead automated light-directed DNA synthesis platform; background in chemical/biomedical engineering; experience in optics/photolithography and microfluidics; familiarity with microarrays and high-throughput screening.
Middle Tennessee State University: Public research university providing undergraduate and graduate academic programs.
Doctorate in physics/engineering or related field by appointment, expertise in experimental quantum sensing (squeezed light, WGM), experience with free-space quantum optics; cover letter and CV required.