Senior Display Optics & Cover Glass Engineer (Hybrid)

General Motors; Warren (MI); Hybrid; USD 125,000 - 193,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

GM vehicle discounts

Tuition assistance programs

Health and wellbeing benefits

Job summary

General Motors is seeking a Senior Display Technology Engineer to advance optics and cover glass for automotive displays in a hybrid role across Warren, MI and Sunnyvale, CA. You will evaluate, validate, and mature advanced optical technologies for instrument clusters and center displays, partnering with suppliers and internal teams to ensure production readiness.

The role focuses on optical films, coatings, bonding, and light-management solutions, with responsibilities spanning measurement

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Optical Engineering, Physics, Display Engineering, Materials Science, or a related field.
• 5+ years of experience in display optics, optical films, cover glass, coatings, or optical bonding technologies.
• Familiarity with LCD and OLED optical architectures and light-management technologies.

Responsibilities

• Scout and evaluate emerging optical film, cover glass, coating, and optical bonding technologies for future automotive displays.
• Define technical requirements, performance metrics, and feasibility criteria for next-generation display optics and cover lens solutions.
• Lead proof-of-concept evaluations and technology demonstrations with suppliers.
• Develop optical measurement methodologies and benchmarking processes to assess technology readiness.
• Conduct optical simulations and data analysis to evaluate brightness, contrast, reflectivity, viewing angle, color performance, and efficiency.
• Evaluate AR, AG, and AF coating technologies to improve display readability, durability, and user experience.
• Analyze optical characterization data and correlate results to material, process, and system-level design decisions.
• Drive root-cause analysis and resolution of optical issues, including reflections, glare, Mura, halo artifacts, Newton Rings, and coating non-uniformity.
• Collaborate with suppliers to validate technologies under automotive environmental and reliability conditions.
• Build technology maturation packages and support technology transfer into future sourcing and production programs.

Skills

Display optics

Optical films

Coatings

Optical bonding

Optical characterization equipment

Optical simulation tools

Automotive display knowledge

Education

Bachelor's degree in Optical Engineering, Physics, Display Engineering, Materials Science, or related field

Master's degree (preferred)

Tools

Optical measurement equipment

Job description

General Motors is seeking a Senior Display Technology Engineer to advance optics and cover glass for automotive displays in a hybrid role across Warren, MI and Sunnyvale, CA. You will evaluate, validate, and mature advanced optical technologies for instrument clusters and center displays, partnering with suppliers and internal teams to ensure production readiness.

The role focuses on optical films, coatings, bonding, and light-management solutions, with responsibilities spanning measurement