Job Description

Minimum qualifications:

• Bachelor's degree in physics, optical engineering, related field, or equivalent practical experience
• 4 years of experience working in an engineering environment with a focus on developing optical components or systems
• 2 years experience in design for manufacturing of prototype optical components or systems
  
  

Preferred qualifications:

• Master's degree in physics or optical engineering
• Experience working closely with optical component manufacturers to develop custom optical elements and sub-systems (especially experience with plastic injection molded optics)
• Experience working with contract manufacturing partners to bring complex optical systems from prototype to production
• Experience with a mathematical coding language (e.g. MATLAB, Python, etc.)
• Experience with optical metrology equipment and techniques
• Knowledge of optical design software (e.g. Optics Studio or CODE V)
  
  

About the jobGoogle engineers develop the next-generation technologies that change how users connect, explore, and interact with information and one another. As a member of an extraordinarily creative, motivated and talented team, you develop new products that are used by millions of people. We need our engineers to be versatile and passionate to take on new problems as we continue to push technology forward. If you get excited about building new things and working across discipline lines, then our team might be your next career step.

Google's mission is to organize the world's information and make it universally accessible and useful. Our Devices & Services team combines the best of Google AI, Software, and Hardware to create radically helpful experiences for users. We research, design, and develop new technologies and hardware to make our user's interaction with computing faster, seamless, and more powerful. Whether finding new ways to capture and sense the world around us, advancing form factors, or improving interaction methods, the Devices & Services team is making people's lives better through technology.

Responsibilities

• Design and perform tolerance analyses of optical components and systems to meet target specifications
• Propose and design of novel optical systems and contribute to the the development of optical technologies
• Work alongside opto-mechanical design engineers to design integrated optical systems
• Measure and characterize optical components and systems using standard optical metrology equipment
• Write automated data analysis and measurement scripts
  
  

Google is proud to be an equal opportunity workplace and is an affirmative action employer. We are committed to equal employment opportunity regardless of race, color, ancestry, religion, sex, national origin, sexual orientation, age, citizenship, marital status, disability, gender identity or Veteran status. We also consider qualified applicants regardless of criminal histories, consistent with legal requirements. See also Google's EEO Policy and EEO is the Law. If you have a disability or special need that requires accommodation, please let us know by completing our Accommodations for Applicants form .