Electro-Optics Engineer

Role & responsibilities

System Design: Design and develop complex electro-optical systems, including laser systems, imaging systems, optical communication networks, and specialized sensors, considering factors like power requirements, signal processing, and environmental constraints.

Component Selection: Choose suitable optical components like lenses, mirrors, filters, diffraction gratings, detectors, and light sources based on system requirements and performance parameters.

Optical Modelling and Simulation: Utilize optical design software to simulate and optimize system performance, including ray tracing, diffraction analysis, and image quality assessment.

Prototype Development: Build and test prototypes of electro-optical systems to validate design concepts and identify potential issues.

Testing and Validation: Conduct thorough testing procedures to evaluate system performance against specifications, including measurements of optical power, signal quality, resolution, and sensitivity.

Technical Documentation: Prepare detailed technical documentation such as design reports, test reports, and system specifications.

Collaboration: Work closely with other engineers, physicists, and technicians from different disciplines to integrate electrical and optical components into a functional system.

Specific applications of Electro-Optical Engineering: Related to the VARISIS company

Aerospace: Designing optical systems for satellites, missile guidance systems, and high-powered lasers for defense applications.

Industrial Inspection: Creating optical systems for quality control and defect detection in manufacturing processes

Preferred candidate profile

Strong understanding of optics principles, including ray tracing, diffraction, interference, and polarization.

Good Knowledge with optical materials, including use of coating, bonding materials, photodetectors, lenses etc and other optical elements.

System Integration: ability to integrated optics with electronics and software to develop fully functional electro-optical systems.

Testing & Calibration: Setting up and conducting performance tests like optical power measurement, interferometry, imaging calibration etc and analysing data to improve designs.

Proficiency in electrical engineering concepts like circuit/schematics design, signal processing, and power electronics

Expertise in optical design software (e.g., Zemax, Code V, Trace Pro)

Experience with laboratory equipment for optical testing and characterization

Programming skills for data analysis and system control

Excellent problem-solving and analytical abilities

Strong understanding of physics

Proficient in mathematics

Problem-solving skills

Manual dexterity & Detail oriented

Ability to use scientific equipment, such as Photocromameter, spectrometers and wattmeters

Collaboration and communication skills

Perks and benefits

Best as per industry standards