Senior Display Optics Engineer - Automotive Screens

General Motors; Sunnyvale (CA); Hybrid; USD 125,000 - 193,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health and wellbeing benefits

GM vehicle discounts

Job summary

General Motors is seeking a Senior Display Hardware Engineer, Optics to lead the development of next‑generation optical film and light management for automotive LCD and OLED displays. You will establish optical characterization methods and validate technologies with suppliers and internal teams.

You will drive evaluation, validation, and integration of advanced optical solutions, ensuring performance, reliability, and manufacturability before production.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Optical Engineering, Physics, Display Engineering, Materials Science, or a related field.
• 5+ years of experience in display optics, optical film stack design, or light management systems.
• Strong understanding of LCD and OLED optical architectures and light management technologies.

Responsibilities

• Evaluate and develop advanced optical film stack architectures for automotive LCD and OLED displays.
• Select and optimize films such as DBEF, BEF, diffuser films, prism films, polarizers, and circular polarizers to meet system‑level performance targets.
• Perform optical simulations and modeling to assess brightness, contrast, viewing angle, color shift, reflectivity, and power efficiency.
• Establish and execute optical measurement methodologies to characterize and validate new technologies.
• Partner with display panel suppliers to evaluate optical performance under automotive environmental conditions.
• Analyze optical performance data and correlate results to film stack design and material selection.
• Investigate and resolve display optical issues, including non‑uniformity, Mura, glare, reflections, and halo artifacts.
• Collaborate with material suppliers to assess new optical films, coatings, and lamination technologies.
• Support technology maturation, risk reduction, and transition of validated solutions into production programs.

Skills

Display optics

Optical film stack design

Light management

LCD/OLED optics

Optical simulation

Education

Optical Eng/Physics/Display Eng degree

Tools

Optical simulation tools

Optical measurement tools

Job description

General Motors is seeking a Senior Display Hardware Engineer, Optics to lead the development of next‑generation optical film and light management for automotive LCD and OLED displays. You will establish optical characterization methods and validate technologies with suppliers and internal teams.

You will drive evaluation, validation, and integration of advanced optical solutions, ensuring performance, reliability, and manufacturability before production.