Staff Optical Engineer
Mountain View or San Joseonsitestaff$184K – $223K
via Greenhouse
About this role
About the role
Muon seeks a Staff Optical Engineer to act as a technical lead on our team in Mountain View or San Jose, CA, developing infrared remote sensing instruments. The ideal candidate is a self-motivated expert with a versatile skill set, comfortable diving into everything from conceptual design and error budgeting to precision optical metrology and rigorous hardware execution. In this role, you will be the definitive technical authority for a new optical subsystem, owning the performance metrics while defining and driving the hands-on assembly, integration, and test (AI&T) of critical optical and optomechanical subsystems.…
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Skills match
For this role: python, c++
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Level fit
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Domain experience
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Recency
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Location fit
This role is based in Mountain View or San Jose. We weight your proximity and willingness to relocate.
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