Staff Optical Engineer

Mountain View, CAFull-time2025-12-04 → 2026-11-11

Core

Lead the design, development, and validation of advanced optical sub-components and systems for coherent LiDAR technology.

Role type

Staff Optical Engineer (System Design & Simulation)

Builds

Coherent LiDAR sensors for autonomous vehicles and robots

Domain

Automotive / Robotics / Photonics

Deliverable

production ML models

Required skills

Optical system design, Beam propagation modeling, Tolerance analysis, Stray-light analysis, Scattering analysis, Polarization effects, ZEMAX, Code V, FRED, Micro-optics, Fiber-optics, Optical fabrication processes

Preferred skills

System-level analysis, Intellectual property generation, Cross-functional technical guidance, Mentoring

Technologies

ZEMAX, Code V, FRED

Responsibilities

Lead advanced modeling and simulation of optical systems, Perform and review optical simulations to evaluate architectures, Conduct system-level analyses for manufacturability, Develop requirements and specifications for optical components, Generate and document new intellectual property, Provide cross-functional technical guidance, Mentor junior engineers

Seniority

Staff, hands-on IC with mentorship

About aeva

Aeva’s mission is to bring the next wave of perception to a broad range of applications from automated driving to industrial robotics, consumer electronics, consumer health, security, and beyond. Aeva is transforming autonomy with its groundbreaking sensing and perception technology that integrates all key LiDAR components onto a silicon photonics chip in a compact module. Aeva 4D LiDAR sensors uniquely detect instant velocity in addition to 3D position, allowing autonomous devices like vehicles and robots to make more intelligent and safe decisions.