Senior Optical Systems Engineer – End-to-End Innovator

Prodrive Technologies; Eindhoven; On-site; EUR 70,000 - 95,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Salary growth based on performance

33 vacation days per year

Flexible working hours

Time-for-time compensation for extra

Growth and learning plan

Extensive career opportunities

Company gym access

Free lunch and snacks on-site

Job summary

Prodrive Technologies is expanding its optical metrology team to drive end-to-end design, testing, and production of advanced optical and system-level solutions. You will collaborate across multidisciplinary teams and customers to translate complex challenges into manufacturable designs and contribute to future Architect-level growth.

The role emphasizes experimental design, data analysis, and scripting in Python, MATLAB, and Git, with a focus on continuous improvement and robust validation

Qualifications

• Hands-on experience with experimental design, testing, and data analysis.
• Strong multidisciplinary engineering mindset across optics, mechanics, electronics, and software.
• Ability to translate complex technical challenges into robust, manufacturable designs.

Responsibilities

• Contribute to the definition, refinement, and negotiation of optical and system requirements with multidisciplinary project teams and customers
• Translate conceptual requirements and customer needs into measurable engineering specifications and design constraints
• Design, execute, and analyze functional tests, assembly verification tests, and concept validation experiments to support product development and performance optimization
• Take end-to-end ownership of designed modules or subsystems, from concept and design through assembly, testing, validation, and production release
• Drive continuous improvement initiatives based on experimental findings, manufacturing feedback, and system performance data
• Support system integration and verification by contributing to automated testing activities in a pytest environment
• Document technical work clearly and communicate complex technical challenges to both internal and external stakeholders

Skills

Python

MATLAB

Git

Experiment design

Education

Bachelor's or Master's degree in (Technical) Physics, Optical Engineering, Opto-mechanical Engineering

Tools

Zemax

Job description

Prodrive Technologies is expanding its optical metrology team to drive end-to-end design, testing, and production of advanced optical and system-level solutions. You will collaborate across multidisciplinary teams and customers to translate complex challenges into manufacturable designs and contribute to future Architect-level growth.

The role emphasizes experimental design, data analysis, and scripting in Python, MATLAB, and Git, with a focus on continuous improvement and robust validation