Principal Jobs in Rochester ny

Job Type

Full-time

Description

Job Title : Principal Optical Engineer

Department : R&D - Optical

Reports To : Vice President of Advanced Optics

FLSA Status : Exempt, Salary

Salary Range : $100,000 - $140,000

Featured Benefits : Medical, Dental, & Vision Insurance, HSA / FSA, 401k Retirement Savings, Incentive Company Stocks, PTO, and Tuition Assistance.

About Us

Founded in 1997, Vuzix (NASDAQ : VUZI) is a growing, dynamic company that specializes in the design, manufacture and sale of smart glasses and augmented reality (AR) technologies and products for the enterprise and consumer markets. Company products include wearable displays and computing devices that offer a portable, high-quality viewing experience for applications in augmented reality, digital information, utility, and entertainment.

Position Summary :

The Principal Optical Engineer will support R&D, new product development and production while directly reporting to the R&D / Optics group. It will be their responsibility to work within multidisciplinary teams to design, build and test optical mounting structures, alignment mechanisms and housings. They will be solely responsible for all reliability modelling and testing with respect to optical components and assemblies.

Essential Duties and Responsibilities :

• Oversee test lab and provide optical engineering expertise.
• Establish test procedures, processes, and documentation.
• Review and organize test data.
• Subject expert for geometric optics, LED illuminators, backlights, conventional micro-displays, collimators and concentrators, holographic systems, optical interference coatings, injection molding, lens design, and high precision optics design, fabrication and assembly.
• Research and understand human factors and implement intelligent design choices for head mounted display systems.
• Generate complete system documentation and provide input to technical proposals to effectively communicate designs and / or approaches to internal and external customers.
• Validate system performance to prove the technical design through analysis, simulation, and laboratory testing.
• Ensure proper procedures and methods are used by other members of the design team by providing a value-added quality review.
• Independently develop and implement corrective action to product and procedural problems.
• Communicate with the customer suppliers, and internal management as the technical expert on projects to effectively interface with all facets of decision-making personnel and customer management.
• Provide budget, schedule, and technical compliance updates to management to effectively record progress of technical aspects of the program assigned.

Competencies :

To perform this job successfully, an individual should demonstrate the following competencies :

Preferred Qualifications :

Supervisory Responsibilities : This position may involve some management oversight of lab technicians and operators.

Travel : Travel including international travel up to 25% is possible.

Physical Demands :

Frequently required to sit, speak, hear, see, and perform repetitive motion (data entry). Occasionally required to lift or carry (10 lb. minimum). Reasonable accommodation will be made if possible.

Vuzix Corporation is an Equal Employment Opportunity (EEO) Employer. We consider applicants without regard to race, color, religion, creed, gender, national origin, age, disability, marital or veteran status, or any other legally protected status. We are committed to recruiting and employing the best talent available.

Salary Description

100,000 - $140,000