Senior Optical Engineer

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Position: Senior Optical Engineer

Contract: Permanent contract, full-time position

Salary: In line with market and experience (details will be discussed during the recruiting process)

AYES is a Switzerland-based Engineering and Technology consulting company with headquarters in Zürich. Our core business lies in the industrial sector, with a strong focus on Space, Automotive, Railway, Aerospace & Defense, Energy, and Life Science.

Driven by excellence and professionalism, AYES supports prestigious clients across Switzerland, Europe, and the USA, delivering innovation and high-level engineering solutions.

We value human capital as our greatest strength, promoting knowledge sharing and continuous growth among our teams.

Key Responsibilities:

• Design and specify opto-mechanical assemblies/sub-assemblies of optical sensing systems, and ensure that they comply with the system specification;
• Generate the documentation for producing assemblies/sub-assemblies, or effectively delegate and supervise this task (e.g. BOM, drawings, programming files);
• Coordinate suppliers and technology providers for the development of optical components;
• Develop or support the development of test tooling required and drive the validation tests aimed at proving that the designed assembly/sub-assembly comply with the specification.

Our Ideal Candidate Should Have:

• University Degree Mechanical, Electrical or Optical Engineering, with specialization in optics and/or photonics;
• At least 5 years of industrial experience in the development of complex optical systems, preferably optical sensing systems and optical fiber sensor applications;
• Deep knowledge in FEA optical simulations tools, such as Ansys Zemax or Lumerical and in simulation and modeling tools such as Matlab and Python;
• Hands-on laboratory experience is required, in particular prototyping of optical systems, optical Characterization tools & techniques and optical fiber assembly and handling;
• Fluent in English with very good command of French.

If you are a team player, have good communication skills and a problem-solving attitude, and want to be part of a growing international engineering company focused on the industrial sector, with opportunities in Europe and the USA, then…

SAY YES AND GROW WITH AYES!

Seniority level

• Seniority level

  Mid-Senior level

Employment type

• Employment type

  Full-time

Job function

• Job function

  Consulting

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