Optical Systems Engineer PHASER

TensaCo Inc; San Francisco (CA); On-site; USD 120,000 - 200,000; Full time

Job summary

TensaCo builds the compute and software that make AI faster, more efficient and accountable: PHASER, an optical approach to AI acceleration, and TensorCode, software for AI teams can check, correct and own.

TensaCo is an equal opportunity employer. We consider all qualified applicants without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, age, disability, veteran status, or any other protected characteristic.

Qualifications

• Degree in optics, physics, electrical engineering or equivalent experience.
• 5+ years designing and building free-space optical systems.
• Hands-on alignment of multi-element optical setups.
• Fluency with an optical design or wave-propagation tool.

Responsibilities

• Design the recurrent optical cavity: relay optics, couplers, mirrors and the modulator stack.
• Translate simulator results into alignment tolerances, loss budgets and a buildable layout.
• Assemble, align and characterize bench prototypes.
• Work with research to close the loop between measured and simulated behaviour.

Skills

Optical design

Free-space optics

Alignment

Wave propagation tools

Education

Degree in optics/physics/EE

Tools

Zemax

FDTD

Job description

Design and build the free-space optical cavity at the heart of PHASER, from simulation to the first bench prototype.

What you’ll do

• Design the recurrent optical cavity: relay optics, couplers, mirrors and the modulator stack
• Translate simulator results into alignment tolerances, loss budgets and a buildable layout
• Assemble, align and characterize bench prototypes
• Work with research to close the loop between measured and simulated behaviour

What you’ll bring

• Degree in optics, physics, electrical engineering or equivalent experience
• 5+ years designing and building free-space optical systems
• Hands-on alignment of multi-element optical setups
• Fluency with an optical design or wave-propagation tool

Nice to have

• Experience with spatial light modulators or holography
• Laser cavity or resonator experience
• Python for automation and data analysis

About TensaCo

TensaCo builds the compute and software that make AI faster, more efficient and accountable: PHASER, an optical approach to AI acceleration, and TensorCode, software for AI teams can check, correct and own.

TensaCo is an equal opportunity employer. We consider all qualified applicants without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, age, disability, veteran status, or any other protected characteristic.