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Lead Optical Engineer (Austin, TX)
Exowatt
Austin, USA
Full-time
Mid Level
Onsite
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- Design, automate, and optimize optical test setups for our Fresnel-lens concentrators and complex opto-mechanical assemblies, ensuring efficiency and precision.
- Characterize concentration ratio, focal-spot flux distribution, and end-to-end optical efficiency, and validate these measurements against design models.
- Develop tailored solutions for validating optical models, ensuring they meet technical and performance specifications.
- Execute advanced optical testing, troubleshooting, and validation to ensure optimal product performance and reliability.
- Investigate sun-tracking alignment, acceptance angle, and off-axis behavior, and their impact on delivered concentration and system yield.
- Characterize long-term optical durability — including UV-driven transmittance loss, soiling, and thermal cycling — to support a 30-year field lifespan.
- Automate test procedures using Python and C++ to streamline workflows and improve accuracy.
- Feed validated optical performance data into thermal models and the system digital twin (developed in collaboration with NVIDIA and AWS) to support predictive performance and O&M.
- Work closely with the Optical Product Development and R&D teams to integrate test results and feedback into design and development processes.
- Collaborate with optical, mechanical, electrical, and systems engineering teams to ensure alignment across product development stages.
- Define and validate manufacturing tolerances for optical components produced at high volume in domestic factory settings.
- Analyze and document test results, providing insights, recommendations, and clear technical documentation.
- Utilize non-imaging ray-tracing software, such as LightTools or FRED, for performance simulations and test validation.
- Research and address thermal and environmental impacts on optical system performance.
- Maintain clear, organized technical documentation for internal teams and external stakeholders.
- Master's or PhD in Optical Engineering, Physics, Electrical Engineering, or a related discipline, with a minimum of 3 years of industry experience, or equivalent work experience.
- Strong expertise in optical testing and model validation, with experience automating test setups.
- Proficiency in Python and C++ for test automation, data analysis, and workflow optimization.
- In-depth knowledge of non-imaging optics and related practical applications.
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