Apple
Optical Engineer
$150K–$278K
Cupertino, California · Full-time · Posted Dec 4, 2025
- Experience
- Minimum of 3 years of relevant industry experience.
- Education
- BS in Optics, Physics, Electrical Engineering, Biophysics, or Mechanical Engineering, or equivalent.
About the job
Designs and develops optical instruments and calibration methods for metrology systems used to test and calibrate optical display modules.
What you'll do
- Design optical architectures and specify instruments, including imaging and non-imaging optics, sensing modules, photodetectors, and light sources.
- Derive instrument requirements, define performance metrics, and conduct failure analysis and corrective actions using analytics, modeling, and bench testing.
- Coordinate vendor customization and performance verification, report results, and communicate with cross-functional teams.
What they ask for
- BS in Optics, Physics, Electrical Engineering, Biophysics, or Mechanical Engineering, or equivalent.
- Minimum of 3 years of relevant industry experience.
Nice to have
- Experience designing, modeling, and quantifying performance of optical instruments; proficiency with one or more optical modeling tools.
- Deep experience in one or more listed fields, including AR/VR display, camera optics, OCT, LIDAR, microscopy, or spectroscopy.
Pay
$150,400 to $277,600 USD base salary
Tools
Zemax, LightTools, FDTD, RCWA
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