Metalenz

Metasurface Design Engineer

San Francisco, California, United States

Sponsorship not specified$130k-$175kDetected 44 days ago

PythonMATLABGitSEMFEARoboticsElectrical EngineeringResearch

About the role

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.

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.
Document simulation methodologies, design rules, and best practices.

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.

Experience with custom simulation tool development or optimization pipeline.
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.
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.
Employee Assistance Program.
Fun, energizing, highly collaborative environment in which each team member has the opportunity to make an impact.

Metalenz is a rapidly growing start-up that offers best-in-class benefits.
Competitive salary, 401k with company contribution, pre-IPO stock options.
Competitive benefits package including company-paid health, dental, vision, life, LTD/ADD.
Company contribution to Health Savings Account (HSA).
The base salary range for this position is $130,000-$175,000 plus equity and comprehensive benefits.
Within the range, individual pay is determined by additional factors, including job-related skills, experience, and relevant education or training.
If you need any assistance or accommodations due to a disability, please let your recruiter know.
Collaborative office space, flexible work schedule with hybrid and/or work-from-home arrangements for qualified positions.
Free gym and bike parking on-site.

We are committed to providing reasonable accommodations for candidates with disabilities in our recruiting process.

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