Lead characterization, validation, and performance assessment of foundational modules and integrated subsystems for Onto Innovation’s semiconductor capital equipment portfolio.
Compensation
Base Salary Range: $115,200.00 - $172,800.00, offered in good faith and based on experience, location, and qualifications. Additional Rewards: Annual bonus opportunities and potential long-term incentives tied to both company and individual success.
Responsibilities
Lead system, module, and subsystem characterization, validation, and performance assessment across multiple engineering domains
Develop characterization methodologies and ensure robust integration into next‑generation systems
Quantify performance and develop test strategies, characterization methods, and validation plans
Diagnose complex technical issues using data‑driven analysis and root‑cause methodologies
Collaborate cross‑disciplinarily to translate early concepts into production‑ready designs
Requirements
Bachelor’s degree or higher in Systems Engineering
Senior Optical Engineering Specialist responsible for design, development, integration, and testing of advanced electro-optical systems for airborne and ground surveillance applications.
Responsibilities
Support synthesis, definition, analysis, design, development, integration, and testing of advanced electro-optical systems
Develop new optical sensor payloads for customer contracts and internal R&D programs
Collaborate with multidisciplinary engineering teams to develop optical solutions from concept through production release
Provide optical engineering expertise to manufacturing operations and support existing product designs
Contribute to product development proposals, engineering change orders, and lifecycle documentation
Requirements
Bachelor's degree in Optical Engineering, Electrical Engineering, Physics, or related technical discipline
Graduate degree in related engineering or technical discipline
As a Senior Staff Optical Engineer, you will serve as a process lead for optical and optical systems engineering in Geo Hardware, managing optical engineers across manufacturing and unit camera systems.
Serve as process lead for optical and optical systems engineering in Geo Hardware, managing optical engineers across manufacturing and unit camera systems.
Drive early opto-mechanical alignment with mechanical and manufacturing teams, guiding optical designs seamlessly from initial planning through lens manufacturing and sensor-lens integration.
Optimize equipment and metrology resources to sustain active projects, define upcoming requirements, de-risk new concepts through experimentation, and share GeoHW’s unique capabilities across Google.
Own state-of-the-art optical system designs, balancing real-world limitations, Geo’s operational needs, and external partner capabilities during joint development.
Balance product delivery (ISDT) and research (TAG) agendas, executing end-to-end delivery for nebulous system goals while leading resource-aligned exploration of new materials, tools, and techniques for TAG’s roadmap.
Requirements
Bachelor’s degree in Electrical Engineering
Computer Engineering
Computer Science
Physics
specialized field (e.g., Optics, Sensors, Audio/DSP, etc.)
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