Optical Scientist, Optical Sciences and Sensors

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Job description

As an Optical Scientist at Facebook, you will take a critical role in developing AR/VR systems. You will focus on developing advanced optical imaging and sensing systems for near eye displays, and will become part of a team exploring new concepts through design and fast iterative prototyping. A wide range of approaches will be explored combining electrical, mechanical, and optical techniques. We are looking for a hands-on engineer with a productive mindset who can apply their optics expertise to solve problems in creative, insightful ways. Our ideal candidate has a strong background in optical design, optical instrumentation, sensing and detection, and/or testing and metrology.

• Design and implement metrology systems for optical characterization
• Design and implement optical sensors for active calibration and closed loop control
• Develop test strategies for optical sensing systems
• Coordinate with vendors to prototype lens designs
• Lead hardware calibration efforts of optical systems in collaboration with cross-functional partners
• Model optical transmission, coating performance, and stray light analysis of both individual components, optical assemblies, and full optical systems using a combination of sequential and non-sequential methods
• Model, analyze, and develop tolerances for optical distortions in both static and dynamic systems
• Collaborate in a team environment across a diverse set of disciplines including Electrical Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, Materials Science, Physics, and Optics
• Collaborate with the larger FRL team and provide creative leadership on computational display, imaging, and sensing technologies

• PhD in Optics, Physics, Robotics, Applied Optics, or equivalent
• 3+ years experience with optical design software, Code V, ZEMAX, FRED, or LightTools or Lumerical
• 3+ years experience with optical instrumentation, emphasizing modeling and hardware prototyping
• 3+ years of experience with optics technologies with one or more of the following: imaging, optical design, illumination, physical optics, stray light analysis, radiometry, and photometry
• Interpersonal experience: cross-group and cross-culture collaboration
• Must obtain work authorization in country of employment at the time of hire, and maintain ongoing work authorization during employment

• Experience with sensor design, electronics, or circuit design
• Experience with optical coatings and associated vendors
• Experience with diffractive optics
• Experience with COMSOL modeling
• Experience maturing a design from proof of concept to volume prototypes or taking your own design into production

Facebook's mission is to give people the power to build community and bring the world closer together. Through our family of apps and services, we're building a different kind of company that connects billions of people around the world, gives them ways to share what matters most to them, and helps bring people closer together. Whether we're creating new products or helping a small business expand its reach, people at Facebook are builders at heart. Our global teams are constantly iterating, solving problems, and working together to empower people around the world to build community and connect in meaningful ways. Together, we can help people build stronger communities - we're just getting started.

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