R&D Optical Engineer, Research & Development

Hexagon AB; Town of Skaneateles (NY); On-site; USD 90,000 - 130,000; Full time

Job summary

Hexagon’s Manufacturing Intelligence division is seeking an R&D Optical Engineer in the USA to design, develop, and validate advanced optical and electro-optical systems for industrial inspection solutions. You will work across the full product lifecycle and collaborate with multidisciplinary teams to achieve high image quality and measurement accuracy.

You will contribute to optical architectures, perform modeling and testing, and ensure manufacturability and reliability while supporting

Qualifications

• Bachelors degree in Optical Engineering, Physics, Photonics, Electrical, Mechanical Engineering, or related discipline.
• 1+ years of experience with optical system design.
• Experience with Zemax, Code V, or equivalent.
• Knowledge of optical alignment, lens selection, illumination, MTF, and FOV optimization.
• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills.

Responsibilities

• Design and develop optical and electro-optical systems from concept through production.
• Develop optical architectures for image quality, illumination, resolution, and measurement accuracy.
• Perform optical modeling, simulation, lens selection, alignment, MTF, and FOV analysis.
• Prototype, validate, and improve optical designs and technologies.
• Collaborate across Systems, Mechanical, Electrical, Software, Manufacturing, and Quality Engineering.
• Ensure designs meet performance, manufacturability, cost, and reliability requirements.
• Support optical engineering activities throughout the product lifecycle.
• Collaborate with suppliers on manufacturability.
• Participate in design reviews and supplier evaluations.
• Research emerging optical technologies.
• Contribute to technology roadmaps.
• Promote continuous improvement.

Skills

Optical design

Analytical thinking

Problem solving

Cross-functional collaboration

Education

Bachelors in Optical Eng or related

Tools

Zemax

Code V

Job description

Hexagon's Manufacturing Intelligence division develops advanced manufacturing technologies that help customers accelerate innovation, improve productivity, and deliver the highest levels of quality through industry-leading inspection and production solutions.

As an R&D Optical Engineer, you will design, develop, and validate advanced optical and electro-optical systems that form the foundation of Hexagon's next generation of industrial inspection solutions. Working across the full product development lifecycle, you will collaborate with multidisciplinary engineering teams to create innovative optical solutions that deliver outstanding image quality, measurement accuracy, and product reliability.

Job Responsibilities

Product Development

• Design and develop optical and electro-optical systems from concept through production.
• Develop optical architectures for image quality, illumination, resolution, and measurement accuracy.
• Perform optical modeling, simulation, lens selection, alignment, MTF, and field-of-view analysis.
• Prototype, validate, and improve optical designs and technologies.
• Collaborate across Systems, Mechanical, Electrical, Software, Manufacturing, and Quality Engineering.
• Ensure designs meet performance, manufacturability, cost, and reliability requirements.
• Support optical engineering activities throughout the product lifecycle.
• Collaborate with suppliers on manufacturability.
• Participate in design reviews and supplier evaluations.
• Research emerging optical technologies.
• Contribute to technology roadmaps.
• Promote continuous improvement.

Qualifications

Required

• Bachelor's degree in Optical Engineering, Physics, Photonics, Electrical, Mechanical Engineering, or related discipline.
• 1+ years of experience with optical system design.
• Experience with Zemax, Code V, or equivalent.
• Knowledge of optical alignment, lens selection, illumination, MTF, and field-of-view optimization.
• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills.

Optical System Design; Optical Modelling & Simulation; Lens Design; Imaging Systems; Optical Alignment; MTF Analysis; Illumination Design; Product Development; Cross-functional Collaboration; Technical Problem Solving; Innovation & Research.

Provide technical support within optical engineering; collaborate across multidisciplinary teams; drive innovation and quality; support continuous learning and engineering excellence.

Regular collaboration with global engineering teams, work in laboratories and optical development facilities, interaction with prototype systems and suppliers, and occasional domestic/international travel.

Why Join Hexagon

Help develop advanced optical technologies enabling customers to inspect, measure, and manufacture with exceptional precision while working with multidisciplinary engineering teams.

Explore Life at Hexagon

Today, everything from the phone in your pocket to the airplanes crossing the sky functions because we can measure the world around us.

At Hexagon, measurement is in our DNA. From microns to Mars, we measure what matters for the future.

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Hexagon is the global leader in measurement technologies with approximately 17,000 employees in 50 countries and net sales of approximately EUR 3.7 billion.

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Information at a Glance Division: Business Area MI Management Services Job Title: R&D Optical Engineer Job Function: Research & Development Job Location (Short): USA, Workplace Type: Onsite Workplace Details: Skaneateles, US Req ID: 3253

About Hexagon

Hexagon is a global leader in digital reality solutions, combining sensor, software and autonomous technologies. We put data to work to drive efficiency, productivity and quality across industrial, manufacturing, infrastructure, public safety and mobility applications. Our solutions enable customers to capture, analyze and leverage data from the physical world to create smarter, more connected and increasingly autonomous ecosystems that support a scalable and sustainable future. Hexagon’s Manufacturing Intelligence business area delivers solutions that leverage data from design and engineering through production and metrology to help manufacturers make smarter, data-driven decisions and improve performance across the product lifecycle.