Senior Optical Engineer

Role Summary

The Optics Engineer is responsible for designing the camera products. This includes development of the design specifications of lenses and imagers for automotive camera products.

• Development (design, implement, test and debug) of automotive camera optical systems
• Evaluate CMOS imager chips
• Tune CMOS cameras by changing imager register settings
• Work with key suppliers to develop camera multi-element lenses optimized for automotive near and far field applications
• Design camera system level specification
• Design camera test specifications
• Interface with manufacturing to ensure proper assembly and calibration
• Interface with cross-functional engineering to ensure the camera is integrated seamlessly into the ECU design
• Perform work assignments as a highly competent optics engineer, requiring independent design, implementation and testing of the optics components
• Work assignments primarily involve intermediate through advanced level work, moving toward complete technical competency and mastery of the field

• Experience with specifying or designing lenses for vision camera. Experience with automotive camera lens design is a plus.
• Knowledge of CMOS imager characteristics and applications. Experience with tuning CMOS camera performance by way of imager register settings.
• Experience with vision camera system level specification, design, and testing. Understanding of vision system design trade-offs and performance-cost balance.
• Cross-discipline technical skills that are related to cameras. Understanding of camera mechanical design and packaging, electrical design, software and their impacts on optical performance.
• Experience with high volume, low cost digital camera design and manufacturing.
• Familiarity of automotive OEM camera specifications, and environmental and durability requirement specifications for automotive electronics modules.
• Demonstrated innovation track record through patents, publications and products brought into the market.
• Demonstrated strong problem-solving skills and getting things done efficiently.
• Self-motivated. Thrives on bringing structure to a highly unstructured task. Ability to see the technical direction long before others can and guides a team towards it.
• Expert communication skills. Effectively communicates with team members in a cross-functional, cross-discipline organization, as well as with customers, in both oral and written means.
• Experience with conducting optics lab experiments and optical-mechanical setup.

• Master’s degree in applied physics, optical engineering, electrical engineering or related fields
• 4-8 years’ relevant experience regarding the responsibility/activities (listed above) in serial development.