Senior Optical Architect for Next-Gen Lithography

Lace Lithography; Norway; Hybrid; NOK 1,200,000 - 1,800,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Competitive salary + equity through an

€50 gym allowance

Weekly team lunches

Monthly social events

Annual off-site with the whole team

Personal development budget

Relocation support

Job summary

Lace Lithography seeks a Principal / Architect / Senior Optical Engineer to own optical architecture and design of high-tech lithography systems. You will work with physicists, chemists and developers to translate objectives into robust specifications from concept through development to delivery, in collaboration with international partners.

The role requires a university degree in physics or optical engineering and 10+ years in complex optical systems, with Zemax or Code V experience.

Qualifications

• University degree in physics or optical engineering-related field.
• 10+ years of experience developing complex and precision optical systems in a high-tech environment, from concept to high-volume manufacturing.
• Expert knowledge in Requirements Engineering, System Engineering and Product development process.
• Hands-on as well as conceptual thinking with system-level perspective.
• Stakeholder management and ability to defend complex engineering decisions.
• Knowledge of Zemax, Code V, or similar software.

Responsibilities

• Own optical and optomechanical subsystems throughout their lifecycle—from requirements and architecture to production release and field support.
• Translate system objectives into optical specifications, interfaces, performance budgets and verification criteria.
• Lead the development of robust optomechanical solutions.
• Industrialize the design for manufacturing.
• Lead optical integration, verification and acceptance testing at subsystem and complete-tool level.
• Troubleshoot performance, yield and reliability problems with root-cause analysis.
• Maintain production documentation including drawings, BOMs, interface definitions, alignment procedures, test specifications and change records.
• Collaborate with physicists, mechanical, vacuum, controls, electronics, software and systems engineers across Lace’s departments.
• Manage technical relationships with optical-component suppliers and external development partners.
• Provide technical leadership through design reviews and long-term optical technology roadmaps.
• Ensure compliance with SEMI S2 and other standards.

Skills

Leadership

Stakeholder management

System engineering mindset

Requirements engineering

Education

University degree in physics or optical engineering-related field

Tools

Zemax

Code V

Job description

Lace Lithography seeks a Principal / Architect / Senior Optical Engineer to own optical architecture and design of high-tech lithography systems. You will work with physicists, chemists and developers to translate objectives into robust specifications from concept through development to delivery, in collaboration with international partners.

The role requires a university degree in physics or optical engineering and 10+ years in complex optical systems, with Zemax or Code V experience.