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Google Looking for Optical Engineer, Augmented Reality Devices Platform at Mountain View, CA, USA Full Time
Minimum qualifications:
- Bachelor’s degree in Electrical Engineering, Computer Engineering, Physics, a related field, or equivalent practical experience.
- 4 years of experience working in a technical environment, or 3 years of experience with an advanced degree.
- Experience with Optical Design, Display Optics, and Optical Systems.
Preferred qualifications:
- Master’s degree or PhD in Electrical Engineering, Computer Engineering, Physics, or a related field.
- 1 year of experience in technical leadership.
- Experience in the field of optics and displays with design, modeling, tolerancing, manufacturing, and metrology.
- Experience with sequential and non-sequential rays trace tools (e.g., Zemax, Code-V, LightTools), design, analysis, optimization, tolerancing, and polarization optical system design simulation.
- Experience in mass production of consumer optical devices and managing domestic and international vendors.
About the job
Our computational challenges are so big, complex and unique we can’t just purchase off-the-shelf hardware, we’ve got to make it ourselves. Your team designs and builds the hardware, software and networking technologies that power all of Google’s services. As a Hardware Engineer, you design and build the systems that are the heart of the world’s largest and most powerful computing infrastructure. You develop from the lowest levels of circuit design to large system design and see those systems all the way through to high volume manufacturing. Your work has the potential to shape the machinery that goes into our cutting-edge data centers affecting millions of Google users.
The Augmented Reality (AR) Devices Platform Compute team is responsible for the selection and development of platform components, including processor and display controller as well as related components like communications and power.
Android is Google’s open-source mobile operating system powering more than 3 billion devices worldwide. Android is about bringing computing to everyone in the world. We believe computing is a super power for good, enabling access to information, economic opportunity, productivity, connectivity between friends and family and more. We think everyone in the world should have access to the best computing has to offer. We provide the platform for original equipment manufacturers (OEMs) and developers to build compelling computing devices (smartphones, tablets, TVs, wearables, etc) that run the best apps/services for everyone in the world.
The US base salary range for this full-time position is $142,000-$211,000 + bonus + equity + benefits. Our salary ranges are determined by role, level, and location. The range displayed on each job posting reflects the minimum and maximum target salaries for the position across all US locations. Within the range, individual pay is determined by work location and additional factors, including job-related skills, experience, and relevant education or training. Your recruiter can share more about the specific salary range for your preferred location during the hiring process.
Please note that the compensation details listed in US role postings reflect the base salary only, and do not include bonus, equity, or benefits. Learn more about benefits at Google.
Responsibilities
- Design, optimize, and provide tolerance analysis of optical display systems.
- Work with key stakeholders to iterate design, review manufacturing processes, and follow through as-built performance.
- Work with the multi-functional team, establishing goals and priorities throughout the product development process.
- Communicate the results and tradeoffs across cross-functional groups.
- Travel to support build at component, module, and system factories.
