Senior Micro-Optics Engineer: Microlens Arrays & Wafer-Scale Design

Volantis Semiconductor, Inc.; Boston (MA); On-site; USD 140,000 - 190,000; Full time

Job summary

Volantis Semiconductor, Inc. is seeking a Senior Micro-Optics/Microlens Array Engineer to design, model, and validate microlens arrays for high-density photonic packages.

You will translate system requirements into manufacturable designs and build tolerance budgets across fabrication, placement, and packaging. The role emphasizes cross-functional collaboration with lithography, deposition, and metrology teams, along with prototype characterization and data-driven design iteration.

Qualifications

• MS/PhD in Optical Engineering, Electrical Engineering, Applied Physics, Physics, Photonics, Mechanical Engineering, Materials Science, or related field; BS with exceptional experience considered.
• Experience in micro-optics, wafer-level optics, optical design, photonic packaging, or semiconductor process integration.
• Designing microlens arrays or micro-optical surfaces within manufacturing constraints.
• Proficiency with optical modeling and tolerancing in Zemax, Code V, FRED, LightTools, VirtualLab, COMSOL.
• Nice to have: FDTD-Zemax co-design or EM-to-system modeling.
• Nice to have: semiconductor processing knowledge or DFM aspects.

Responsibilities

• Own micro-optical design, including lens pitch, focal length, NA, sag, and coating choices.
• Build connected optical models with multiple tools, merging ray and physical optics.
• Bridge EM-scale and package-scale design with simulations for system trade studies.
• Drive tolerancing and yield with Monte Carlo and DOE methods.
• Collaborate with lithography, imprinting, deposition, and metrology teams.
• Translate design intent into vendor specs, prescriptions, and inspection criteria.
• Validate hardware with prototype characterization and environmental tests.
• Automate simulations and data reporting with Python.

Skills

Microlens design

Optical modeling

Python automation

Tolerance analysis

EM/optical co-design

Zemax OpticStudio

Code V / FDTD

Statistical methods

Education

MS or PhD in Optical/Electrical/Physics

Industry experience in micro-optics or photonics

Tools

Zemax OpticStudio

Code V

FRED

LightTools

COMSOL

Job description

Volantis Semiconductor, Inc. is seeking a Senior Micro-Optics/Microlens Array Engineer to design, model, and validate microlens arrays for high-density photonic packages.

You will translate system requirements into manufacturable designs and build tolerance budgets across fabrication, placement, and packaging. The role emphasizes cross-functional collaboration with lithography, deposition, and metrology teams, along with prototype characterization and data-driven design iteration.