Optical Software Engineer

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The Optical Engineering team within Camera Core Technology Engineering is seeking a Simulation Development Engineer who will play a critical role in new optical design throughout the development cycle. This engineer will develop state-of-the-art end-to-end modeling and simulation solutions with cross-functional team members for our Optical Imaging Systems that can facilitate provide early feedback to Apple product design and enable novel simulation pipelines for future technologies. This engineer will also be responsible for validation application and scale up of the simulation tools. The ideal candidate is someone that is always striving to learn something new is a self-starter and can work autonomously with high levels of success is excited about solving new challenging problems with innovative solutions has experience presenting ideas and building consensus with teammates and thrives in an environment of smart people and loves to challenge the status quo. Come join us!

Development of Optical and Imaging simulation capabilities and applications to inform design decisions of new technologies and new optical designs. nWork together with cross-functional team members to develop end-to-end simulation simulation simulation algorithms to internal cloud computing data analysis on results and generate reports for internal simulation tools across projects including training and documentation.

Bachelors degree in Optics Imaging Science Physics EE CS ME or relevant field of experience (Python Matlab and/or C/C/C#).nExperience modeling and simulating optical systems using Zemax Code V etc.

MS or PhD in Optical Sciences Imaging Science Physics Electrical Engineering Computer Science or related fieldn10 years of relevant industry experience developing software for optical imaging or photonics systemsnProficiency in software engineering best practices: version control (Git) unit testing CI/CD release distribution and documentationnFamiliarity with imaging system performance metrics such as PSF MTF wavefront error and optical aberrationsnExperience deploying simulation or modeling workloads on cloud or HPC platforms (AWS GCP or equivalent)nAbility to present technical findings and simulation results to cross-functional hardware and product teamsnFamiliarity with Zemax OpticStudio CODE V or similar tools; experience scripting or extending these platforms programmatically is a plus