Senior Optical Metrology Engineer

Metalenz; Boston (MA); Hybrid; USD 120,000 - 160,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Competitive salary

401k with company contribution

Stock options (pre-IPO)

Health, dental, vision

HSA contribution

Employee Assistance Program

Hybrid/work-from-home options

On-site gym

Job summary

Metalenz in Boston seeks a Senior Optical Metrology Engineer to lead metrology for metasurface-based optical components. Hands-on role developing optical set-ups for prototyping and collaborating with design and fabrication teams.

You will characterize prototype polarization cameras for 3D sensing, automate metrology workflows with Python, and transfer techniques to high-volume testing equipment. A PhD or MS and 3+ years in optics are expected; the team is small, collaborative, with hybrid work

Qualifications

• PhD or MS in optics, physics or electrical engineering.
• 3+ years industrial experience in optics.
• Hands-on with optical bench, setting up measurements and aligning lasers/cameras.
• Proficient at communicating experiments and conclusions to audiences.
• Experience with measurement automation using Python.
• Image processing experience preferred.
• Experience with statistical process control preferred.
• Optical design software such as Zemax/TracePro/Code V/FRED is a plus.
• CAD experience is a plus.

Responsibilities

• Characterize and calibrate prototype polarization cameras for 3D sensing and biometric applications.
• Determine optimal designs and process conditions using optical techniques to characterize metasurface designs on glass wafers (polarimetry and metrics like transmission, zero-order diffraction, and MTF)
• Maintain and develop metrology automation systems to ensure wafer-scale optical characterization throughput.
• Communicate results and conclusions to design, fabrication, software teams and senior management.
• Manage databases to store measurement results for various internal customers.
• Work with engineering and operations teams to transfer metrology techniques to high volume testing equipment.
• Collaborate closely with Metalenz design and fabrication teams on new designs and products.

Skills

Optics

Python automation

Image processing

Statistical process control

Experiment communication

Optical design software

CAD

Education

MS or PhD in optics/EE/physics

Tools

Zemax

TracePro

Code V

FRED

Job description

The Position

Metalenz is seeking a Senior Optical Metrology Engineer to manage metrology systems that support prototyping activities for our metasurface-based optical components and devices. This position is a hands-on role, developing and managing optical set-ups for internal and external customers. You will work closely with a small team of optical engineers and collaborate closely with our design and fabrication groups.

What you’ll do

• Characterize and calibrate prototype polarization cameras for 3D sensing and biometric applications

• Determine optimal designs and process conditions using optical techniques to characterize performance of metasurface designs on glass wafers (polarimetry and metrics like transmission, zero-order diffraction, and MTF)

• Maintain and develop metrology automation systems to ensure wafer-scale optical characterization throughput

• Communicate results and conclusions to design team, fabrication team, software team and senior management.

• Manage databases to store measurement results for various internal customers.

• Work with engineering and operations teams to transfer metrology techniques to high volume testing equipment.

• Collaborate closely with Metalenz design and fabrication teams on new designs and products.

About You

• PhD or MS in appropriate discipline (electrical engineering, physics, etc)

• 3+ years industrial experience in optics

• Comfortable at the optical bench, setting up measurements, aligning lasers and cameras, and designing new experimental set ups.

• Proficient at communicating experiments and conclusions to appropriate audiences

• Experienced with measurement automation using Python

• Image processing experience preferred

• Experience in statistical process control is also preferred

• Optical design with Zemax/Tracepro/Code V/FRED considered a plus

• CAD experience considered a plus

The Company

Metalenz is a growing, venture-backed start-up that is the first to commercialize meta-optics and enable the next generation of 3D sensing in consumer electronics, automotive and industrial robotics markets. Built on research from Harvard University, Metalenz has 20+ patents on innovations that simplify and improve optical devices. Unlike traditional optics, the company’s metasurface technology provides complex, multifunctional optical performance in a single semiconductor layer, relocating large-scale production of optics to semiconductor foundries, that print lenses like computer chips.

Metalenz recently closed a $30M Series B financing led by Neotribe Ventures, and returning investors including 3M Ventures, Applied Ventures LLC, Intel Capital, M Ventures, TDK Ventures, and Foothill Ventures. Now in the market, Metalenz metasurface optics will be in millions of consumer devices this year. Based in downtown Boston near TD Garden, Metalenz is conveniently located across the street from North Station.

What we offer

Metalenz is a rapidly growing start-up that offers best-in-class benefits.

• Competitive salary, 401k with company contribution, pre-IPO stock options.

• Based in downtown Boston near TD Garden, Metalenz is conveniently located across the street from North Station.

• Competitive benefits package including company-paid health, dental, vision, life, LTD/ADD.

• Company contribution to Health Savings Account (HSA).

• Employee Assistance Program.

• Collaborative office space, flexible work schedule with hybrid and/or work-from-home arrangements for qualified positions.

• Complimentary snacks and drinks, and occasionally lunch on-site.

• Free gym and bike parking on-site.

• Fun, energizing, highly collaborative environment in which each team member has the opportunity to make an impact.