Optical Metrology Engineer
Shanghai, Shanghai, China
Hardware
The Panel, Process & Optics team features a collaborative environment with creative and world-class products and cutting edge technologies. Team provides opportunities for individuals to contribute across a wide spectrum of disciplines. Best in class engineering excellence and thoroughness are expected and encouraged. Innovation, IP and patent creation are highly supported and valued. Opening up the boundaries to design and ship innovative products with outstanding technologies and user experiences are the main goals of our team.
Join us in crafting solutions the world doesn't know of yet. To be successful, you should be able to thrive in a dynamic, agile, multi-disciplinary, and hands-on environment that values engineering excellence, creativity, and innovation.
Key Qualifications
- KEY QUALIFICATIONS
- This role requires ability to learn and explore new areas quickly and take responsibility for project success amid high ambiguity. The capability to work/lead/communicate in a dynamic environment cross x-functional teams is a must. Ideal applicant will have direct experience in 4-5 of the areas listed below and have some knowledge of the others.
- MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS:
- Strong communication skills to communicate clearly and efficiently across a range of technical disciplines with a broad slate of stakeholders, including management, peers, and suppliers.
- Ph.D. or M.S. with 3+ years of industry experience in development and high volume deployment of electro-optical modules in Optics, Physics, Opto- mechanics, Electrical Engineering, or related fields.
- PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS:
- Experience in optical instrumentation and data collection & automation, familiar with tools such as Matlab, Python, C#, C/C++ or LabView or equivalent.
- Strong optical simulation and system modeling experience, familiar with ray tracing tools such as LightTools, Zemax, CodeV etc. and perform optical simulation and experimental lab validation to close the loop.
- Strong quantitative data analysis abilities, using JMP, Matlab, or equivalent tools and familiar with relevant algorithm for image analysis and data analysis.
- Experience in high volume manufacturing of consumer electronics (optical preferred), familiar with 6 sigma, P/T, design of experiment, failure analysis, risk management and system trade off study.
- Strong capability in design, setup and execution of complex optical experiments either in house or with external vendor. Have experience in identify, define, develop, test and deploy state-of-the-art optics for display and optical system.
- Experience in one or more fields: in-line metrology and testing development, thin film fabrication and physics understanding/modeling, injection molding manufacturing and testing, diffraction optics manufacturing and testing, sensor manufacturing and testing.
Description
You will be responsible for designing and developing industry leading optical calibration and metrology systems for testing optical modules and components (e.g. display panels and much more), during NPI (new product introduction) stage, with the supports from SW/HW cross-functional teams.
Initiate, explore, prototype and deploy new technology for module and key optical component testing to support product design and development.
Provide technical assessments of vendor capability, tester manufacturing feasibility, and validate and influence supplier’s technical specification to fulfill design requirements and key performance matrix characterization bring up.
Define calibration & measurement Engineering Requirement Specification (ERS) for optical instruments and automated systems.
Conduct HW/SW validation and FA for metrology instruments and systems. Deep dives in new tester prototyping, FA, scale up through simulation, design of experiments, data analysis and technical benchmarking (Gauge R&R process).
Involved in tester related component, module and system level process, design and spec funneling to enable manufacturability in high volume.
Champion new technology transfer to manufacturing partners from research/pilot line to ensure scalability.
Provide crisp and rigorous presentation and report, on subjects listed above. And communicate with a broad range of cross-functional teams.
Education & Experience
Ph.D. or M.S. with 3 years of industry experience in Optics, Physics, Opto- mechanics, or Electrical Engineering
Additional Requirements
- Apple is an Equal Opportunity Employer that is committed to inclusion and diversity. We also take affirmative action to offer employment and advancement opportunities to all applicants, including minorities, women, protected veterans, and individuals with disabilities. Apple will not discriminate or retaliate against applicants who inquire about, disclose, or discuss their compensation or that of other applicants.