Senior Staff Optical Systems Engineer

at  Thermo Fisher Scientific

JOB DESCRIPTION

Do you have a passion for innovative ideas and groundbreaking discoveries? With over $1 billion invested annually in R&D, at Thermo Fisher Scientific you’ll help solve some of the world’s toughest challenges, from giving cancer patients hope, ensuring safe drinking water and helping law enforcement solve cases through forensics. We empower our teams and our people to put science into meaningful action and give our R&D colleagues the autonomy, resources and tools they need to take science a step beyond.
Location/Division: South San Francisco, CA Genetic Sciences Division
Join the forefront of innovation in genetic analysis for research & clinical applications. Our teams develop platforms, consumables, and reagents provides industry-leading genetic sciences tools and solutions to advance scientific discovery, enable customers in applied markets and improve global health outcomes. Specifically, we enable biomarker discovery and analysis, predictive genomics, reproductive health solutions, pathogen detection, disease-specific solutions, forensics and human identification. As the leading provider of genetic analysis solutions, our technologies have great impact worldwide. And as a member of our team, you can play a critical role in helping us fulfill our global mission of making the world healthier, cleaner, and safer by participating in a work environment that encourages providing equal opportunities to a diverse set of talents and perspectives.

EDUCATION

BS/MS/Ph.D. degree in a Optical Engineering field, Applied Physics, Electrical/Mechanical Engineering.

EXPERIENCE

• 10+ years in a technical leadership role focused on optical systems
• Considerable experience in developing moderate complexity RUO instrumentation
• Has been optics lead or sub-team lead through at least two product development cycles which incorporate fluorescent based imaging systems
• Experience building, and maintaining optics lab

KNOWLEDGE, SKILLS, ABILITIES

• Deep understanding of fluorescence based optical detection systems
• Familiar with the key technical elements of genetic analyzers
• Competent in hands-on optical experiments, including methods and tools for optical alignment
• Experience with optical modeling tools, including ZEMAX
• Broad knowledge of materials and processes used in manufacture of optical components
• Has cultivated and can take advantage of a network of optics experts and vendors

• Understand customers and passionately represent their needs in optical system product requirements
• Partner with product management to translate customer needs into optical system requirements
• Architect and design optical systems
• Develop optical models, analyze optical tolerance stack-ups, and lead sensitivity analysis
• Partner with the Operations team to transfer optical system design to manufacturing