Optical Engineer

Career Opportunities with Nova Biomedical Corporation

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Advanced Instruments and Nova Biomedical are now united under one brand, Nova Biomedical, marking a major milestone in our journey to deliver greater value to our customers. By combining our strengths, we're accelerating innovation, supporting critical workflows, and delivering world-class service across the biopharmaceutical and clinical markets.

Nova Biomedical is seeking a Staff Optical Engineer to lead the design, development, integration, verification, and validation of optical and optical-sensing subsystems used in biomedical and diagnostic devices.

This role will provide advanced technical expertise and project-level leadership across optical imaging, spectroscopy, sensor architecture, and opto‑mechanical design. The Staff Optical Engineer will collaborate across related mechanical, electrical, software, fluidic, analytical, quality, and manufacturing interfaces to support new and next‑generation instrument platforms.

The ideal candidate will have demonstrated experience developing optical subsystems from design input through prototype testing, verification, and product‑development support. This individual must be able to solve complex technical problems independently while guiding cross‑functional engineering contributors and less‑experienced engineers.

• Collect design inputs and translate product and system requirements into clear optical subsystem requirements.
• Create and maintain design‑output documentation for optical subsystems used in new and next‑generation instrument platforms.
• Lead or support optical subsystem architecture for imaging, spectroscopy, illumination, detection, and optical‑sensing applications.
• Define optical interfaces with mechanical, electrical, fluidic, software, disposable sensor, and analytical subsystems.
• Design, model, prototype, characterize, and optimize optical paths, illumination and detection methods, opto‑mechanical assemblies, imaging systems, and spectroscopic measurement approaches.
• Select and evaluate optical components based on system performance, reliability, manufacturability, and product requirements.
• Plan and execute optical testing, characterization studies, tolerance evaluations, Design of Experiments, verification protocols, and performance investigations.
• Demonstrate through testing and analysis that optical subsystems meet established design and performance requirements.
• Support feasibility studies, proof‑of‑concept builds, prototype development, and technical risk‑reduction activities.
• Support optical subsystems throughout product development, design transfer, production, and sustaining engineering.
• Collaborate with cross-functional teams across Hardware, Chemistry, Software, Quality, Manufacturing, Applications, Service, vendors, and program leadership.
• Investigate and resolve development, production, and on‑market performance issues related to optical subsystem design or operation.
• Apply structured troubleshooting and root‑cause analysis methods to complex optical and system‑level issues.
• Contribute technical input to design reviews, failure mode and effects analyses, risk‑management activities, and product‑development decisions.
• Maintain clear, complete, and audit‑defensible technical documentation throughout research and development.
• Prepare and maintain design records, test protocols, test reports, verification evidence, technical summaries, and design history documentation.
• Support the development of robust production methods, alignment processes, test methods, and manufacturing controls for optical subsystems.
• Provide…