Optical Engineer — Real-Time Sensing & AI Systems

Arkeus Career; City of Port Phillip; On-site; AUD 120,000 - 180,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Employee Stock Option Plan (ESOP)

Career progression

Competitive salary

Job summary

Arkeus is seeking an Optical Engineer to design, develop and optimise optical and electro‑optical systems at the heart of our real‑time sensing technology. You will work across optics, imaging, hardware and machine learning to move concepts from modelling through prototyping to field deployment on real platforms.

You will collaborate with ML/CV, mechanical and electronics teams, contribute to optomechanical integration and documentation, and help ensure robust image quality for downstream AI

Qualifications

• Bachelor's or Master's in optics, photonics, physics or related discipline.
• 2–4 years of demonstrated optical design and modelling experience.
• Hands-on proficiency with optical design software (Zemax OpticStudio, Code V, FRED, OSLO or similar).
• Solid understanding of geometric and physical optics, imaging systems, and optical performance metrics.

Responsibilities

• Design, model and optimise optical and imaging systems for sensing applications.
• Perform optical tolerancing, sensitivity analysis, and performance optimisation (resolution, MTF, aberrations).
• Select and specify optics, sensors and imaging components; define the imaging chain from scene to sensor.
• Prototype, align and characterise optical systems on bench and real hardware.
• Collaborate with mechanical and electronics engineers on optomechanical design and integration.
• Support transition of designs into manufacturing; participate in design reviews; maintain documentation.

Skills

Optical design

Optical modelling

Tolerancing

Imaging systems

Python/MATLAB

Education

Bachelor's or Master's in optics/photonics/physics

Tools

Zemax OpticStudio

Code V

FRED

OSLO

Job description

Arkeus is seeking an Optical Engineer to design, develop and optimise optical and electro‑optical systems at the heart of our real‑time sensing technology. You will work across optics, imaging, hardware and machine learning to move concepts from modelling through prototyping to field deployment on real platforms.

You will collaborate with ML/CV, mechanical and electronics teams, contribute to optomechanical integration and documentation, and help ensure robust image quality for downstream AI