Senior Optical Designer — Hybrid, High-Tech Systems

DutchHTS; Eindhoven; Hybrid; EUR 85,000 - 120,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Flexible 32-40 hour week

Hybrid/work-from-home options

28 holidays + 12 extra

€6000 training budget per year

Tech Labs & knowledge sessions

Job summary

Sioux, headquartered in the Brainport region near Eindhoven, is seeking a Senior Optical Designer to guide product creation from concept to industrialization for high-tech equipment. You will contribute to systems for wafer steppers, electron microscopes, and related applications from our Eindhoven office, with occasional client-site assignments.

You will work within multidisciplinary teams to translate ideas into robust optical designs, while mentoring colleagues and driving calibration,

Qualifications

• Master's or PhD in physics or a closely related field.
• 5+ years' experience designing and industrializing optical systems for high-tech industries.
• System-level mindset with ability to switch between high-level and detailed analysis.
• Experience with system integration of optical subsystems including opto-mechanics, tolerance analysis, metrology, and calibration.
• Strong understanding of optical measurement techniques, including holography and ptychography.
• Excellent modelling, experimental and analytical problem-solving skills.
• Good communication with internal stakeholders, customers and suppliers.

Responsibilities

• Apply optical system design expertise to realize innovative solutions for the high-tech industry.
• Be involved throughout the product creation process: from ideation and feasibility through to robust designs and verification testing.
• Work in multidisciplinary teams with system architects, computational physicists, image processing mathematicians, and others.
• Mentor junior engineers and guide colleagues in their projects to develop technical talents.

Skills

Optical system design

Lens & illumination design

Imaging / machine vision

Opto-mechanics

Tolerance analysis

Metrology

Holography and ptychography

Education

Master's or PhD in physics or related field

Job description

Sioux, headquartered in the Brainport region near Eindhoven, is seeking a Senior Optical Designer to guide product creation from concept to industrialization for high-tech equipment. You will contribute to systems for wafer steppers, electron microscopes, and related applications from our Eindhoven office, with occasional client-site assignments.

You will work within multidisciplinary teams to translate ideas into robust optical designs, while mentoring colleagues and driving calibration,