Optical Design Engineer - Biophotonics

Cupertino Until 9/22/2026 10+ years exp First posted July 24, 2026 Last posted July 24, 2026
Job description

Imagine what you could do here! At Apple, new ideas have a way of becoming extraordinary products, services, and customer experiences very quickly. Bring passion and dedication to your job and there's no telling what you could accomplish. Dynamic, smart people and inspiring, innovative technologies are the norm here. The people who work here have reinvented entire industries with all Apple Hardware products. The same passion for innovation that goes into our products also applies to our practices strengthening our commitment to leave the world better than we found it. Join us to help deliver the next groundbreaking Apple product. Do you love working on challenges that no one has solved yet? As a member of our dynamic group, you will have the unrivaled and rewarding opportunity to craft upcoming products that will delight and inspire millions of Apple’s customers every single day.

Description

In this Optical Design Engineer role, you will leverage your experience in designing and tolerancing optical systems to lead efforts to design and manufacture ultra-compact, high-precision micro-optical systems. You will start out with novel optics design concepts and turn them into optical systems optimized for mass production.

Minimum Qualifications

BS degree in Optics, Physics, EE or a related field
Experience with at least one commercial optics simulation tools, such as Zemax, Code V, FRED, LightTools, or equivalent
Programming experience using MATLAB, Python, C, or similar tools

Preferred Qualifications

10+ years of relevant industry experience
MS or PhD degree in Optics, Physics, EE or a related field
Familiarity with the design, simulation, optimization, sensitivity and tolerance analysis of complex free space optical systems, with a preference for high-precision micro-optical system design experience
Experience designing incoherent and coherent optical systems
Experience with the design of optics systems for sensing or metrology applications.
Experience designing optics for manufacturability and specifying optical components for manufacturing
Experience in one or more of the following areas: stray light analysis, physical optics, or coherent optical effects
The ability to work well in an interdisciplinary team environment

About this role

Summary

Designs and tests micro-optical systems for high-precision applications at Apple

Job title

Optical Design Engineer - Biophotonics

Experience level

10+ years

Minimum experience

10+ years exp

Industry

technology

Location requirements

on-site in Cupertino, no remote work allowed

Salary

Not specified

Management role

No

Skills & keywords

Required skills

opticssimulation toolsmatlabpythonc

Preferred skills

micro-opticalfree space optical systemssensingmetrologytolerance analysis

Specializations

optical designmicro-optical systemsimagingmetrology
Locations

Structured locations inferred from the posting.

Cupertino, CA, USA

On-site City