Fab2
Optical Systems Engineer
$130K–$200K
Austin · On-site · Full-time · Posted Sep 14, 2026
- Experience
- 3+ years of industry experience designing and implementing optical systems.
- Education
- Bachelor's degree or higher in Optical Engineering, Optical Sciences, Physics, or Mechanical Engineering with demonstrated optical design work.
- Visa sponsorship
- Visa Sponsorship
About the job
Designs, builds, aligns, tests, and debugs optical and optomechanical systems for chip lithography, metrology, and inspection.
What you'll do
- Design and develop optical and optomechanical components and systems, including lenses and lens mounts.
- Build, align, test, and debug systems; integrate products such as motion stages and metrology equipment.
- Analyze and simulate designs, and work with suppliers to source components and custom optics.
What they ask for
- Bachelor's degree or higher in Optical Engineering, Optical Sciences, Physics, or Mechanical Engineering with demonstrated optical design work.
- 3+ years of industry experience designing and implementing optical systems.
- Fluency in optical design and analysis, including first-order layout, aberration theory, tolerance analysis, Monte Carlo yield prediction, and stray light analysis; familiarity with Zemax or similar tools and sequential and non-sequential ray tracing.
- Hands-on optical alignment and test experience, and mechanical 3D CAD experience.
Nice to have
- Knowledge of precision machine design and modeling mechanical and thermal effects on optical performance.
- Experience with UV or DUV wavelengths, an early-stage startup, or firmware, controls, or electrical engineering.
Pay
$130,000 – $200,000 USD annual base salary
Tools
Zemax
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