Optical Engineer - Lens Designer

Boulder, CO. Posted 6 days ago

The role

You will design custom lens assemblies and optical systems for Atom Computing's quantum computers, from concept and ray-tracing to tolerancing and final optical prescriptions. You will also work directly with fabrication vendors to bring the custom lenses to life.

What you will do

Design, build and test lens assemblies and systems for fiber collimation, laser delivery and imaging
Research and develop novel lens and mirror systems for laser delivery and imaging
Analyze aberration correction, athermalization and chromatic performance
Evaluate design solutions with detailed tolerance and stray light analysis
Develop alignment procedures for optical designs
Generate optical fabrication drawings and specifications (e.g., ISO 10110) for custom lenses and assemblies
Work with custom optics foundries and coating vendors to ensure manufacturability and oversee procurement of custom optical elements

Required qualifications

Bachelor's degree in Optical Sciences or Optical Engineering
5+ years optical design experience
2+ years of hands-on optics assembly experience in a laboratory environment
Experience with Zemax, FRED, or equivalent ray-tracing software
Expertise in Design for Manufacturing (DFM) for precision optics
Fluency in optical drawing standards (ISO 10110)
Experience with lens tolerancing in ray-tracing software
Experience with stray light analysis
Experience with STOP analysis
Experience with Onshape, Solidworks, or equivalent 3D CAD software
High attention to detail and accuracy
Excellent communication, listening and people skills

Nice to have

Advanced degree in optics
Experience with Fourier Optics, flat field relay optical systems and telecentric imaging
Experience designing high-numerical-aperture imaging systems

About the company

Atom Computing builds quantum computers using arrays of optically trapped neutral atoms. The team includes scientists, engineers and business professionals working to advance quantum computing.