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Leading Photonics and Semiconductor Company Location Sunnyvale, California Sector Semiconductors Type Permanent Starts Q3 2026 Share Job description Optical System Integration Engineer – Leading Photonics and Semiconductor Company The client Our client is an innovative technology company specializing in advanced sensing, photonics, and semiconductor technologies. The company develops next-generation perception systems by combining custom silicon, optical sensors, and sophisticated software solutions for applications in robotics, mobility, and industrial automation. With a strong focus on hardware innovation, the company offers engineers the opportunity to work on cutting-edge technologies in a fast-paced, collaborative, and highly technical environment. The role We are seeking a motivated, hands-on Optical System Integration Engineer to join a multidisciplinary engineering team responsible for integrating, testing, and validating optical subsystems to ensure high-performance optical solutions. This position offers the opportunity to work directly with advanced optical hardware, contributing to system integration, optical characterization, troubleshooting, and product development. You will: • Build, align, and characterize optical laboratory setups and optical subsystems. • Support testing and validation of optical components and subsystems, including lenses, windows, mirrors, lasers, detectors, and related opto-mechanical assemblies. • Perform optical alignment tasks including free-space alignment, beam collimation, focusing, and optimization of optical paths. • Execute optical characterization and system-level test procedures and analyze the resulting data. • Develop Python scripts for instrument control, test automation, data processing, visualization, and analysis. • Assist with development and validation new sensor prototyping and manufacturing processes. • Support optical subsystem bring-up, integration, validation, and troubleshooting. • Investigate unexpected system behavior using experimental data and fundamental engineering principles. • Perform measurements and characterization of optical performance, including beam profile, M², wavefront error (WFE), and other relevant optical metrics. • Work with cross-functional engineering teams, including electrical, firmware, DSP, software, and mechanical engineering. • Document experimental setups, procedures, results, and conclusions clearly. • Participate in failure analysis and root-cause investigations with experienced engineers. • Propose improvements to optical setups, test methods, automation, and measurement techniques. • Python libraries such as NumPy, SciPy, pandas, and Matplotlib. • Automated test equipment and instrument communication/control. • Passive or active integrated photonics testing. • Basic analog/digital electronics and ability to interpret circuit schematics or system block diagrams. • Optical simulation or design tools such as Zemax OpticStudio, Code V, or similar software. • FPGA or SoC-based hardware platforms. Your background • A B.S. or M.S. in Optical/Photonics Engineering, Electrical Engineering, Physics, Applied Physics, or a related engineering field. • Strong understanding of optical fundamentals, including geometric optics, lenses, imaging, Gaussian beams, diffraction, and basic physical optics. • Demonstrated hands-on technical aptitude through laboratory coursework, research, internships, engineering projects, or previous employment. • Comfortable working with physical hardware and performing iterative setup, measurement, alignment, and debugging. • Experience with or strong interest in: Free-space optical alignment; Lenses and opto-mechanical components; Laser alignment and beam collimation; Photodetectors and optical power measurements; Optical and electrical laboratory instrumentation; Optical systems in sensing applications • Working knowledge of Python, particularly for scientific computing, data analysis, or laboratory automation. • Ability to analyze experimental data, identify trends or anomalies, and develop hypotheses based on measurement results. • Strong problem-solving skills and willingness to learn unfamiliar systems and measurement techniques. • Ability to communicate technical observations and results clearly. Location Sunnyvale, California Start date Q3 2026 At PER International we believe the best engineering teams are also the most diverse. We welcome applications from candidates of every background, and assure every applicant that they will be assessed on the strength of their work and ambition — without regard to race, gender, religion, sexual orientation or disability. Apply for this role

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Leading Photonics and Semiconductor Company
Location Sunnyvale, California
Sector Semiconductors
Type Permanent
Starts Q3 2026
Optical System Integration Engineer – Leading Photonics and Semiconductor Company
With a strong focus on hardware innovation, the company offers engineers the opportunity to work on cutting-edge technologies in a fast-paced, collaborative, and highly technical environment.
This position offers the opportunity to work directly with advanced optical hardware, contributing to system integration, optical characterization, troubleshooting, and product development.
Build, align, and characterize optical laboratory setups and optical subsystems.
Support testing and validation of optical components and subsystems, including lenses, windows, mirrors, lasers, detectors, and related opto-mechanical assemblies.
Perform optical alignment tasks including free-space alignment, beam collimation, focusing, and optimization of optical paths.
Execute optical characterization and system-level test procedures and analyze the resulting data.
Develop Python scripts for instrument control, test automation, data processing, visualization, and analysis.
Assist with development and validation new sensor prototyping and manufacturing processes.
Support optical subsystem bring-up, integration, validation, and troubleshooting.
Investigate unexpected system behavior using experimental data and fundamental engineering principles.
Perform measurements and characterization of optical performance, including beam profile, M², wavefront error (WFE), and other relevant optical metrics.
Work with cross-functional engineering teams, including electrical, firmware, DSP, software, and mechanical engineering.
Document experimental setups, procedures, results, and conclusions clearly.
Participate in failure analysis and root-cause investigations with experienced engineers.
Propose improvements to optical setups, test methods, automation, and measurement techniques.
Python libraries such as NumPy, SciPy, pandas, and Matplotlib.
Automated test equipment and instrument communication/control.
Passive or active integrated photonics testing.

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