Hybrid Senior Optical Engineer – full-time

at TriLite Technologies

• Job title: Senior Optical Engineer – full-time
• Job type: Full Time
• Experience level: Senior
• Salary: €70,000 per year
• Degree requirement: Postgraduate Degree
• Tech skills: Assembly
• Location requirements: Hybrid, Vienna, Austria

About the role

• Senior Optical Engineer providing expertise in advanced optical systems for complex development projects. Collaborating with teams to innovate and validate optical solutions for product development.

Responsibilities

• Lead and provide advanced optical engineering expertise for complex development projects.
• Design, develop, and validate advanced optical systems and measurement setups to support product and technology development.
• Perform laboratory optical measurements using existing setups, analyze results, and prepare comprehensive documentation and technical reports.
• Test and validate new optical setups for optical measurements.
• Drive the design and realization of prototypes and engineering samples, ensuring alignment with performance and quality targets.
• Estimate and manage project scope, cost, and timelines for assigned optical engineering tasks.
• Collaborate with cross-functional teams to drive innovation and integrate optical solutions into new product developments.

Requirements

• Master’s degree or equivalent in Optical Engineering or a related technical discipline.
• Minimum of 5 years of industry experience in optical engineering or a closely related field.
• Experience in imaging optical design, prototyping, optical setup assembly, and industrialization.
• Experience with optical simulation and tolerance analysis using Zemax.
• CAD design software knowledge is a plus.
• The successful candidate should be flexible, receptive to ideas from others, team-oriented, and willing to work with scientists, engineers, and colleagues from varied technical backgrounds to continue pushing the technology envelope.
• Good command of spoken and written English.

Benefits

• Be part of a young, ambitious, and international team with a flat hierarchy, strong team spirit, and creativity.
• Work in a startup-like culture with room to develop new ideas for innovation.
• Engage in intensive collaboration with international and reputable electronics companies on exciting projects.
• Enjoy excellent development opportunities: continuously grow skills according to individual strengths and benefit from a mix of on-the-job training and external educational opportunities.
• We care about the environment – take advantage of a Job ticket and the option to purchase a bicycle through the JobRad program.
• Keep fit with our gym membership.
• Participate in regular company and team events.
• Great company location – headquarters in the center of Vienna (1040).
• Flexible working hours and the possibility of working from home.