Job Description

Benefits Offered

401K, Dental, Life, Medical, Vision

Employment Type

Full-Time

Why Work Here?

“You're going to want to see this.”

About DigiLens

DigiLens is a small company with a big vision. We’re inspired by the opportunity to transform how people interact with and discover digital information. Every day we design, invent and refine optical solutions for the next generation of mobile compute hardware devices that will enable the market to shift from handheld to head worn devices. We’re a melting pot of cross-disciplined experts with revolutionary minds from around the world. We are an A-Team of specialists who come from a broad range of professions, including designers, engineers, developers, scientists and support staff who are all dedicated, collaborative players making what was recently only science fiction become reality.

About The Role

DigiLens is seeking a seasoned and capable Senior Optical Engineer to join our Optical R&D team to design and develop DigiLens’ next generation waveguide displays and holographic manufacturing technology. The role provides the opportunity to take your career to the cutting edge of the rapidly developing AR/VR/MR market. The ideal candidate will have a proven track record of successfully implementing optical design solutions in a wide range of applications, including display related applications, and will be prepared to work alongside a world class, cross functional team of team of optical, mechanical, electrical and material engineering specialists.

Requirements

Ideally the candidate will meet all of these requirements:

• Excellent optical design skills with Zemax, or equivalent.
• Experienced with diffractive / holographic technology design an implementation.
• Experienced with optical system design and trade offs in a broad range of optical applications.
• Highly proficient with optical hardware set up, including alignment, test, and debug.
• Direct experience of near-to-eye or head-up displays for AR / VR.
• Experienced with microdisplay and miniature projection technology.
• Proficient with Matlab / Labview, or equivalent environments.

Who You Are

• M.S. / Ph.D in Optics, Physics, or a related Engineering discipline, with 8+ years industry experience (5+ years with PhD), or equivalent.
• Excellent spoken, written and visual communicator to enable effective problem solving.
• High energy, self-starter and driven to work in a startup environment.
• Excellent time and task management skills.
• Passionate about optical engineering and (AR/MR/VR).
• A natural team player with excellent cross-functional teamwork skills, capable of mentoring, inspiring, encouraging, junior optical engineers and technicians.

Responsibilities

• Design and develop optical architectures for DigiLens waveguide optical devices as required by DigiLens technology roadmap and other business requirements.
• Work within cross functional discipline teams to make design concepts a physical reality.
• Generate and maintain detailed documentation on design summaries, hardware performance measurements, fabrication instructions, process developments, improvements, and inventions.
• Work directly or with other DigiLens engineers to perform hands-on building and testing to ensure that hardware meets design specifications.
• Provide guidance and mentoring to junior engineers as needed.
• Provide support and training documentation to transition solutions developed by R&D team to manufacturing teams, and to customers, including training engineers and technicians as required.
• Support on going business development and provide optical training as required by the business.

About DigiLens Inc.

DigiLens is a leader in holographic waveguides used for augmented extended reality (XR) displays. The company has developed a patented optical platform and photopolymer technology that delivers best-in-class solutions using a unique, low-cost contact-copy manufacturing process. DigiLens enables OEM partners to design and build XR-enabled devices for the global automobile, enterprise, consumer, avionics, and military industries.

We are an equal opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, gender, sexual orientation, national origin, disability status, protected veteran status or any other characteristics protected by law.

Company Website

Company address: 1288 Hammerwood Avenue Sunnyvale, CA 94089

Posted date: 29 days ago