Lead Optical Engineer: Automotive Camera Systems

Magna International

Southfield (MI)

On-site

USD 100,000 - 150,000

Full time

14 days+

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Job summary

Magna Electronics in Michigan seeks an Optics Engineer to design, develop, validate, and support automotive camera products across the development lifecycle. You will own optical performance requirements, guide tests, and work with cross-functional teams to ensure robust, production-ready designs.

The role emphasizes lens and imager development, optical testing, and advanced characterization (MTF, resolution, distortion).

Qualifications

Master’s degree in optical engineering, applied physics, electrical engineering, imaging science, or a related field.
Ph.D. preferred.
Four to eight years of relevant experience in optical design, camera development, optical testing, image-quality engineering, or related serial-product development.
Automotive electronics or automotive camera development experience strongly preferred.

Responsibilities

Lead optical design and development activities for automotive camera products, including requirements definition, component evaluation, implementation, test, debug, and design release.
Develop optical architectures and system-level specifications for lenses, CMOS imagers, illumination paths, filters, and complete camera systems.
Evaluate CMOS image sensors and optimize camera performance through imager configuration, register tuning, and quantitative image-quality assessment.
Develop or specify multi-element lenses optimized for automotive near-field and far-field applications.
Perform optical tolerancing, sensitivity analysis, and design-tradeoff assessments that balance performance, robustness, manufacturability, and cost.