Metasurface Design Engineer

The Position:

We are seeking a highly motivated metasurface design engineer to join our Design & Computation team. You will design simulate and optimize advanced metasurfaces for current and next-generation products collaborating with process metrology and manufacturing teams to translate the design into high-volume production.

What youll do

• Perform day-to-day metasurface design and simulation to meet product and performance specifications.
• Develop and maintain simulation workflows and modeling pipelines using in-house developed codes.
• Scientific compute program and automate design tasks using Julia and Python.
• Collaborate with process engineers metrology team and foundry partners to ensure design-for-manufacturing.
• Analyze the optical performance data optimize and iterate on designs to meet stringent optical and manufacturing requirements.
• Contribute to current product improvement and roadmap for next-generation and future metasurface-based products.
• Document simulation methodologies design rules and best practices.

What youll need

• MS.c. or Ph.D. in Optical Engineering Electrical Engineering or a related field.
• Solid understanding of metasurface physics and diffractive/geometrical optics.
• Strong hands-on experience with FDTD (e.g. MEEP) RCWA (e.g. S4) and familiarity with other modeling methods (TMM BPM FEM etc).
• Programming experience in Julia Python and MATLAB for simulation scripting scientific computing and workflow automation.
• Experience in collaborating with process development (lithography etching deposition) metrology (SEM/FIB bench-top setup) and manufacturing teams.
• Proficiency with Git for version control and SLURM for workload management.
• Detail-oriented self-driven able to thrive in a fast-paced multidisciplinary environment.

Preferred qualifications:

• Experience with custom simulation tool development or optimization pipeline.
• Familiarity with design rule checking and integrating optical design with process limitations.

The Company

Metalenz is a growing venture-backed start-up that is the first to commercialize meta-optics and enable the next generation of 3D sensing in consumer electronics automotive and industrial robotics markets. Built on research from Harvard University Metalenz has 20 patents on innovations that simplify and improve optical devices. Unlike traditional optics the companys metasurface technology provides complex multifunctional optical performance in a single semiconductor layer relocating large-scale production of optics to semiconductor foundries that print lenses like computer chips.

Metalenz recently closed a $30M Series B financing led by Neotribe Ventures and returning investors including 3M Ventures Applied Ventures LLC Intel Capital M Ventures TDK Ventures and Foothill Ventures. Now in the market Metalenz metasurface optics will be in millions of consumer devices this year. Based in downtown Boston near TD Garden Metalenz is conveniently located across the street from North Station.

What we offer

Metalenz is a rapidly growing start-up that offers best-in-class benefits.

• Competitive salary 401k with company contribution pre-IPO stock options.
• Based in downtown Boston near TD Garden Metalenz is conveniently located across the street from North Station.
• Competitive benefits package including company-paid health dental vision life LTD/ADD.
• Company contribution to Health Savings Account (HSA).
• Employee Assistance Program.
• Collaborative office space flexible work schedule with hybrid and/or work-from-home arrangements for qualified positions.
• Complimentary snacks and drinks and occasionally lunch on-site.
• Free gym and bike parking on-site.
• Fun energizing highly collaborative environment in which each team member has the opportunity to make an impact.

The base salary range for this position is $130000-$175000 plus equity and comprehensive benefits. Our salary ranges are determined by role and experience level. The range reflects the minimum and maximum target for new hire salaries for the position in the noted geographic area. Within the range individual pay is determined by additional factors including job-related skills experience and relevant education or training.

Metalenz is committed to a diverse and inclusive workplace. Metalenz is an equal opportunity employer and does not discriminate based upon race religion color national origin sex (including pregnancy childbirth or related medical conditions) sexual orientation gender gender identity gender expression transgender status sexual stereotypes age status as a protected veteran status as an individual with a disability or other applicable legally protected characteristics. We are committed to providing reasonable accommodations for candidates with disabilities in our recruiting process. If you need any assistance or accommodations due to a disability please let your recruiter know.

To all recruitment agencies: Metalenz does not accept agency resumes. Please do not forward resumes to our employees. Metalenz is not responsible for any fees related to unsolicited resumes.

Required Experience:

Manager