Optical Engineer
Company: Facebook App
Location: Redmond
Posted on: May 6, 2022
Job Description:
At Reality Labs (RL), our goal is to make great consumer
virtual, augmented, and mixed reality experiences that will
transform how we work, play, and communicate. We are looking for a
person to work in a highly cross-functional environment to develop
display and imaging systems for AR and VR applications. They should
have a solid background in optical design fundamentals and in
non-sequential ray tracing analysis of optical systems. Come work
alongside world-class scientists and engineers to create the
technology that makes AR and VR pervasive and universal. Join the
adventure of a lifetime as we make science fiction real and change
the world.
Optical Engineer Responsibilities:
- Define and design optical components and/or systems for next
generation AR and VR experience using traditional optical
simulation tools for ray-tracing and wave propagation.
- Modeling and prototyping of critical technologies to drive
system performance and to validate achievable visual
experience.
- Research and development of emerging concepts in imaging
systems and optical systems in support of Near Eye Displays.
- Support evaluation and characterization of optical components
and system integration.
- Collaborate with the larger research team to explore concepts,
perform trades and drive optical system development to create
compelling experiences.
- Establish engineering specifications, including key performance
metrics, test methods, and test requirements for optical components
and subsystems.
- Define future optics technology roadmap and scope out new
technologies.
- Remove optical design and manufacturing barriers from the path
to commercialization.
- Drive supplier choice, interaction and management in order to
deliver products.
- Support scale up and high volume production of components.
Minimum Qualifications:
- MS Degree in Optical Engineering, Physics or a related
technical discipline.
- 3+ years of experience in at least one of the following areas:
Lens design, Liquid Crystal Optics, Polarization Optics, geometric
optics, wave optics, non-sequential ray tracing.
- 3+ years of experience with laboratory work in setting up of
optical systems, experience with methods and tools for fabrication
of optics.
- Experience in at least one optical design software package
(e.g. Zemax, LightTools, FRED or Code V).
- Experience with imaging and non-imaging optical system design
and tolerancing.
- Experience working with minimal direction and managing a
project independently from start to finish.
- Experience working and collaborating in a cross-functional team
environment.
Preferred Qualifications:
- PhD or equivalent experience in the field of Optical Sciences,
Physics, Electrical Engineering, or similar field.
- 5+ years of experience in at least one of the following areas:
Lens design, Liquid Crystal Optics, Polarization Optics, geometric
optics, wave optics and stray light analysis, non-sequential ray
tracing, illumination engineering, colorimetry, optical system
design and optical metrology.
- 5+ years of experience taking an R&D consumer hardware
project through the productization process.
- Experience with fundamentals in one or more of the disciplines:
optical scattering modeling and measurement, polarization optics,
visual optics.
- Experience in radiometric calibration and Signal To Noise
measurement and modeling of imaging systems.
- Thorough understanding of scattering theory, measurements and
its implementation into stray light models.
- Experience with rigorous computational methods in wave optics,
including RCWA and FDTD.
- Experience evaluating system impact of scattered light and
translating that into a system specification. This may involve
driving design changes required to minimize its impact.
- Experience with non-sequential modeling and stray light
analysis in FRED and familiarity of scripting (MATLAB or Python)
for the analysis.
- Experience with methods and tools for fabrication of optics and
devices.
- Experience with product launches, grants, fellowships, patents,
or first-authored publications at leading workshops or conferences
such as Applied Optics, Optics Letters, Optics Express, SIGGRAPH,
SID, OSA, or SPIE.
Facebook is proud to be an Equal Opportunity and Affirmative Action
employer. We do not discriminate based upon race, religion, color,
national origin, sex (including pregnancy, childbirth, or related
medical conditions), sexual orientation, gender, gender identity,
gender expression, transgender status, sexual stereotypes, age,
status as a protected veteran, status as an individual with a
disability, or other applicable legally protected characteristics.
We also consider qualified applicants with criminal histories,
consistent with applicable federal, state and local law.Facebook is
committed to providing reasonable accommodations for candidates
with disabilities in our recruiting process. If you need any
assistance or accommodations due to a disability, please let us
know at accommodations-ext@fb.com.
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