Optics Engineer: Automotive Exterior Lighting Design

Katalyst-Healthcares-; Silao (Ciudad); On-site; MXN 420,000 - 720,000; Full time

Job summary

Katalyst-Healthcares- is seeking an Optical Engineer with a focus on automotive exterior lighting. You will design, optimize, and validate optical systems to meet photometric, styling, packaging, thermal, and production requirements.

Responsibilities include simulations, prototype coordination, testing, and collaboration with cross-functional teams to ensure quality and manufacturing viability.

Qualifications

• Experience designing optical systems for automotive exterior lighting.
• Strong understanding of photometric performance and regulatory needs.
• Hands-on with optical simulations and experimental validation.

Responsibilities

• Design and develop optical systems for automotive exterior lighting.
• Create and optimize optical prescriptions to meet requirements.
• Perform optical simulations, analyze results, and propose improvements.
• Collaborate with mechanical teams on packaging and manufacturing constraints.
• Coordinate evaluations of optical models and production-intent parts.
• Conduct lamp measurements and analyze photometric performance in lab.
• Prepare optical reports, design docs, and customer presentations.

Skills

Geometric optics

Photometry

Illumination principles

Automotive exterior lighting

Optical simulation interpretation

Technical reporting

Education

Bachelor's or master's in Optical Engineering

Physics

Photonics

Mechanical Engineering

Tools

Lucid Shape

ANSYS Speos

CATIA

Siemens NX

SolidWorks

Job description

Katalyst-Healthcares- is seeking an Optical Engineer with a focus on automotive exterior lighting. You will design, optimize, and validate optical systems to meet photometric, styling, packaging, thermal, and production requirements.

Responsibilities include simulations, prototype coordination, testing, and collaboration with cross-functional teams to ensure quality and manufacturing viability.