Optical Design Engineer, Biophotonics

Apple Inc

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$150,400–$225,300 / yr
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100 days ago
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This role $188k
$141k most similar roles pay here $242k

This role pays more than 50% of similar roles. Most pay $167,175–$232,300 — the shaded band above. At the midpoint, this role pays about $188k versus about $200k for comparable roles.

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Apple Inc. is a multinational technology company known for designing and manufacturing consumer electronics, software, and online services, including the iPhone, Mac, iPad, and App Store. Industry: Consumer Electronics & Software

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TL;DR · Optical Design Engineer, Biophotonics

As an Optical Design Engineer - Biophotonics, you will join a dynamic team focused on developing next-generation optics and photonics devices. You will be responsible for designing, simulating, and analyzing complex, ultra-compact free-space optical systems while transforming novel design concepts into systems optimized for mass production. Your daily work involves creating tolerance budgets, proposing testing and qualification methods, and contributing to the development of prototype devices. To succeed in this role, you must possess expertise in optical physics fundamentals and experience with coherent or incoherent optical systems for sensing or metrology applications. Required technical skills include proficiency in commercial simulation tools such as Zemax, Code V, FRED, or LightTools, along with programming experience in MATLAB, Python, or C to solve complex problems within the high-precision micro-optical system domain.

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