SENIOR OPTICAL ENGINEER | AEVA

Date Posted: 

 Monday, November 16, 2020

Position Location: 

 Mountain View, CA

Job Description: 

Aeva is looking to bring on a Senior Optical Engineer to join our dynamic, fast paced and highly innovative environment. The position will contribute to the design, development and testing of complex optical sub-components and systems used within Aeva’s LiDAR coherent sensing system.

 

WHAT YOU'LL BE DOING:

• Design and analyze optical systems, including developing optical architectures , evaluating tolerances, manufacturability, light budgets and other trade-offs.
• Perform sequential and non-sequential simulations of optical systems.
• Direct specification development for detailed drawings of optical components 
• Generate and document new IP

WHAT YOU HAVE:

• MS or PhD in Optical Engineering, with 8+ years of experience in the design and development of optical systems
• 3+ years experience maturing designs from proof of concept to production
• Expert user of ZEMAX, Code V, FRED or similar optical design and analysis software tools
• Experience in tolerance analysis, Stray-light and ghost analysis.
• Experience with precision optical, micro-optic and/or fiber optic components
• Hands-on and laboratory skills in setting up, testing, validating, and troubleshooting of optical, fiber optic and opto-mechanical subsystems
• Knowledge of limitations fabrication of optics (molded, polished, diamond turned) as well as micro structures

WHAT'S IN IT FOR YOU:

• Be part of an early start-up that's backed by industry leading venture capitalists
• Very competitive compensation and meaningful equity
• 401K matching
• Exceptional benefits: Medical, Dental, Vision, and more
• Unlimited PTO: We care about results, not punching timecard
• Paid lunches, ping pong tournaments, and fun team off-sites

Aeva develops a new sensing & perception paradigm for autonomous machines. Aeva's technology brings together the best of vision, depth & motion sensors into a single product with superior performance. Compared to today's best in class, it provides greater range & resolution across weather conditions and a new dimension to precisely measure velocity of every pixel in the scene.

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