CareerPlan

Optical Engineer

Roanoke, VA, usFull-time2026-10-08 → 2026-11-10

Core

Lead the design, development, and testing of advanced optical systems for next-generation Machine Learning and AI medical applications.

Role type

Senior Optical Engineer (Medical Devices & AI)

Builds

Custom optical systems including lenses, illumination setups, detectors, and fiber optic delivery systems for medical imaging and sensing.

Domain

Biomedical engineering, Medical Devices, Artificial Intelligence, Optics

Deliverable

production ML models

Required skills

Optical system design, Wave optics, Ray tracing, Optical CAD (Zemax, CODE V, LightTools, Fred), Python, MATLAB, LabVIEW, C/C++, Quantitative data analysis, Laboratory automation, Medical device regulatory compliance (ISO 13485, FDA)

Preferred skills

None stated

Technologies

Zemax, CODE V, LightTools, Fred, Python, MATLAB, LabVIEW, C/C++