Lead Optics Engineer for Precision Metrology Modules

Rotterdam Innovation City; Rotterdam; Hybrid; EUR 70,000 - 100,000; Full time

Job summary

Nearfield Instruments is seeking an optics design engineer to lead optical modules from concept through volume production. You will translate system KPIs into concrete designs and work with System Engineering, Electronics, Software, control, mechatronics, and mechanics specialists.

You will own development projects for your optical module, perform optics modelling and tolerance analysis, and ensure interfaces and alignment strategies are robust for factory production. On-site at Rotterdam HQ.

Qualifications

• MSc in Physics, Opto-Mechanical Engineering, or a related field.
• At least 5 years of relevant experience in opto-mechanical design and industrialization.
• Experience in opto-mechanics design and simulation, thermal constraints and impact on optics, dynamics and vibrations, supplier quality control, new product introduction in production lines.
• Experience in multi-disciplinary development projects, from concept to release.
• Strong communication and leadership skills to align teams and drive technical decisions.
• Proficiency with modelling and simulation tools (e.g. Zemax, SolidWorks, Python) and a data‑driven mindset.
• A strong command of English, both written and spoken.

Responsibilities

• Interpret system level requirements and translate them to optical performance metrics and design into optical module part of the system.
• Taking technical ownership of development projects for your optical module, ensuring alignment between disciplines and stakeholders.
• Making key design decisions — including optics system design by use of optics modelling and sensitivity and tolerance analysis.
• Opto-mechanical integration by defining the correct opto-mechanical interfaces and alignment strategy together with the assembly and test protocols for the factory. So this includes the production tool set to enable the assembly and test in production.
• Hands‑on first proto assembly, integration and test of the new optical modules and transfer to production engineering and assembly, test and integration engineering.
• Design documentation delivery according the Nearfield templates and documentation structure.

Skills

Systems thinking

Leadership

Communication

Education

MSc in Physics, Opto-Mechanical Engineering, or related field

Tools

Zemax

SolidWorks

Python

Job description

Nearfield Instruments is seeking an optics design engineer to lead optical modules from concept through volume production. You will translate system KPIs into concrete designs and work with System Engineering, Electronics, Software, control, mechatronics, and mechanics specialists.

You will own development projects for your optical module, perform optics modelling and tolerance analysis, and ensure interfaces and alignment strategies are robust for factory production. On-site at Rotterdam HQ.