Optical Systems Technical Lead, AR/VR Displays - EagleEye

Job Overview

Join Anduril's Warfighter Systems division as an Optical Systems Technical Lead, AR/VR Displays, in Bellevue, Washington. You will lead the development and optimization of advanced display test and calibration processes for mixed reality applications.

Responsibilities

• Lead architecture decisions and optical trades for novel near-to-eye display sub-systems.
• Own the optical system across its full lifecycle, including integration, alignment, test, and verification.
• Define optical performance requirements and flow them down into component specifications.
• Build and defend the optical error budget for the system.
• Partner with optical process engineering to co-develop manufacturing and metrology processes.
• Own the correlation between model and measured hardware performance.
• Evaluate and analyze prototype and production optical system performance errors.

Travel Requirements

• Regular international travel, approximately every one to two months, to Taiwan to work with optical process engineering and production teams.

Required Qualifications

• BS in Engineering with a concentration in Optics.
• Relevant experience in complex optical system design, analysis, alignment, and test.
• Demonstrated ownership across the full systems-engineering lifecycle.
• Experience with optical design and analysis software (Zemax or CODE V).
• Experience with STOP analysis.
• Knowledge of image quality metrics and data analysis methods.
• Experience with diffraction-limited imaging systems in dynamic environments.
• Willingness and ability to travel internationally on a regular cadence.

Preferred Qualifications

• MS or PhD in a relevant field.
• Demonstrated first-principles approach to complex opto-mechanical problems.
• Direct experience partnering with optical process engineering.
• Experience with optical component testing, system alignment and testing, and opto-electrical system modeling.
• Radiometry and stray light analysis experience.
• Team leadership and mentoring experience.

Benefits

• Competitive salary: $220,000-$292,000 USD per year
• Comprehensive benefits package
• Equity grants included in full-time offers