Optical Test Engineer
$150,000–$185,000 year
On-site · Bellevue, Washington, United States
Job Summary
Optical Test Engineer located in Bellevue, WA. Own characterization, calibration, and validation of advanced optical sensing and display systems. Design and automate experiments to measure range, accuracy, resolution, brightness, noise floor, linearity, and field of view; develop automated test systems and analysis pipelines; implement calibration algorithms for intrinsic/extrinsic sensor parameters; build data acquisition pipelines in Python; analyze large datasets to identify failure modes and improvement areas; maintain detailed lab documentation; collaborate across optical, electrical, firmware, and systems teams; support bring-up and evaluation of new sensor hardware revisions in a lab environment.
Required Qualifications
- B.S., M.S., or PhD in Electrical Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, Optical Engineering, Physics, or a closely related field
- 3-5 years of hands-on experience in sensor characterization, optical systems testing, or related hardware validation roles
- Proficiency in Python for test automation, data analysis, and visualization (NumPy, SciPy, Matplotlib or equivalent)
- Experience with optical measurement equipment (e.g., integrating spheres, optical power meters, beam profilers, oscilloscopes)
- Ability to design controlled experiments and draw statistically sound conclusions from data
- Strong written and verbal communication skills; ability to document work clearly and concisely
- Background working in a hardware startup or similarly fast-paced, resource-constrained environment preferred
- Experience supporting transfer of calibration processes to manufacturing/NPI environments preferred
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