Zygo - Senior Optical Designer

Do you know what a constantly growing international company needs to stay at the forefront of innovation and drive its expansion further?
The answer lies in an expert in optical design, specification development, and metrology, adept at translating technical concepts to clients and seamlessly implementing designs into product development.
For over 50 years, Zygo Corporation, located in Middlefield, CT has been a global leader in the design and manufacture of advanced optical metrology systems and ultra-precise optical components and assemblies. We are a worldwide supplier of optical metrology instruments, high precision optical components, and complex electro-optical system design and manufacturing services. Recognized as a valued partner by its customers for innovative technology, application expertise, product reliability, and responsiveness, ZYGO has been driven by a passion for innovation, as evidenced by approximately 750 patents awarded since its foundation.
We are dedicated to helping you grow your career by using all your talents, insights and experiences in a welcoming team environment. Bring your passion, commitment and curiosity and come grow with us as together we work to make our world a better place.
Our mission is to enable customer success by delivering innovative precision metrology and optical solutions. ZYGO's metrology instruments measure absolute position, displacement, surface shape, texture, thin films, and many more characteristics of advanced products. Our metrology business leverages ZYGO's expertise in optical engineering, software design, visualization, high performance computing to deliver a diverse set of applications for consumer products, semiconductor manufacturing, precision machining and optical manufacturing.
Responsibilities:

• Optical design and tolerancing, specification development, and metrology system and measurement process definition.
• Technical communication of product design and metrology topics directly to the customer's technical leads
• Design implementation and transfer to product development.
• Support troubleshooting activities for product development and manufacturing groups.
• Supporting the opportunity development and capture process as an optical systems expert.
• Providing the optical and metrology systems' technical input for customer proposals.

Excellent Fit:

• Proven track record for successfully designing complex optical and metrology systems from initial concept to manufacturing.
• High level of proficiency with CodeV or Zemax (preferably both)
• Demonstrated capability with other analytical tools such as Mathematica and MathCad
• Demonstrated ability to engage customers and stakeholders in the synthesis of product specifications, design goals and product cost trades.

*Due to the nature of Zygo's programs and products, applicants must have the legal right to work in the US and additionally must be legally authorized to access export-controlled information and source code
Compensation
Salary Minimum: Market
Salary Maximum: Market
Incentive: No
Disclaimer: Where a specific pay range is noted, it is a good faith estimate at the time of this posting. The actual salary offered will be based on experience, skills, qualifications, market / business considerations, and geographic location.
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