Senior Optical Engineer - Source Laser

Job description

We are seeking a skilled Senior Design Engineer to join BSQ (Beam Spatial Quality) team. The ideal candidate will be someone who can identify and solve complex optical issues. As you also communicate a lot with other competencies to make your deliverables happen, this responsibility requires a high level of multidisciplinary technical knowledge combined with good communication skills and a big drive to make things happen.

• Specify optical requirements, and deliver tools, test and analysis methodology, for performance monitoring and optimization. Serves as a technical expert/owner for one or more topics.

• Create and perform test plans to verify if the design is meeting the requirements, on module level and integrated in the overall system.

• Investigate, analyze & troubleshoot issues in a structured way, find the root cause and turn this into plannable actions to contain and solve the issues structurally.

• Present results to the project team and other stakeholders. Interacts with cross-functional groups. Crosses functional boundaries and builds constructive and effective relationships throughout the whole organization.

Main responsibilities

Functional owner of 10um Beam size  (including MMDC -  Machine & Material Damage Control)

• Provide input and EPS on beam size, especially for MMDC related deliverable

• Follow-up on beam size risks with other architects

• Ownership of topic and questions from other teams regarding all use cases (operational, ramp-up, set-up)

• Defending priority calls towards stakeholders on BSQ team MMDC scope

• Supplier interaction to drive optical specs & performance towards Metrology (BPU in 10um OP) 

MP ellipticity budget

• Get familiar with current analysis on MP ellipticity

• Take ownership of PIR and MP ellipticity related work

• Responsible for the budget mitigation

• Handshake with stakeholders and document ellipticity budget in EDS

Light tightness calculations for future programs

• Become the go to person competence wise

ABC tool owner

• Responsible for ABC tool qualification (documentation like TPS, TAR)

• Review and update EPDS

Irradiance: margin against optics LIDT

• Functional and failure modes

• System mode dependency

Education and Experience:

• Masters degree or higher (PhD) in Physics, Optics, Opto-mechatronics or similar.

• A background in high-power laser optics, UV optics, Plasma physics or Optomechanical design is a pre.

• Some ~3 yrs work experience in industry

Soft skills

• Team player

• Able to manage dependencies in complex projects and take ownership

• Deliver updates in timely and clear manner

• To be able to summarize, simplify and explain complex optics problems/functional requirements

• Stakeholder management

• Bringing key message

• Presentation skill

• Curious mind to explore out of the box ideas

• Taking ownership

• Willingness to grow in a multidisciplinary environment

• Handling uncertainty in the project plan

 Qualifications

• Proficient in ray tracing and Zemax.

• Proficient knowledge Optical tolerance analysis and Stray light analysis

• Familiarity with basic principles of lasers and laser system design

• Affinity with physical optics propagation and basic Optomechanics, Optomechatronics

• Affinity with polarization principles

• Affinity with LIDT, optics damage, coatings

• Affinity with ellipticity

• Lasers (solid state and CO2)

Other information

Please submit a cover letter with your application!

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