Langham Recruitment · 5 hours ago
Optical Engineer
San Francisco Bay Area
Full-time
Onsite
Mid Level
$170K/yr - $230K/yrLangham Recruitment is a privately held technology company developing advanced sensing hardware, and they are seeking an Optical Engineer to join its core product engineering team. This role provides end-to-end ownership of optical subsystems, spanning early concept development and simulation through lab validation and release to manufacturing.
Staffing & Recruiting
Hiring Manager
Sigurd Sorboen
Responsibilities
Design and optimize multi-element optical systems integrated with semiconductor light sources
Perform optical and opto-mechanical simulations to evaluate performance under environmental and mechanical stress conditions
Conduct tolerancing and sensitivity analyses aligned with realistic manufacturing constraints
Develop and refine optical alignment, calibration, and performance test methods
Contribute to opto-mechanical concepts for next-generation hardware platforms
Collaborate closely with electrical, mechanical, and systems engineers on system-level trade-offs
Provide technical oversight for external optical vendors and consultants
Support product qualification to meet stringent reliability and quality requirements
Contribute to invention disclosures and internal technical documentation
Qualification
Required
Strong fundamentals in optics, with hands-on experience designing multi-lens optical systems
Advanced proficiency with Zemax (sequential and non-sequential) for optical design, tolerancing, and performance analysis
Experience building and debugging optical laboratory test setups
Comfort validating optical performance against real-world requirements, not simulations alone
Proficiency in Python or MATLAB for analysis, automation, or data processing
Experience working within cross-disciplinary hardware teams
Exposure to managing optical component suppliers or external design partners
Preferred
Experience with athermal optical design or STOP analysis
Familiarity with mechanical design tools such as SolidWorks or ANSYS
Background supporting optics intended for production deployment
Experience in regulated or reliability-focused industries
Prior work on LiDAR, active sensing, or time-of-flight optical systems
M.S. in Optical Engineering, Physics, Mechanical Engineering, or equivalent
Benefits
Benefits & Equity
Company
Langham Recruitment
Langham is a technology talent partner operating across the UK, USA and EMEA.
Founded in 2018
11-50 employees
Funding
Current Stage
Early StageCompany data provided by crunchbase