Optics Engineer Intern

About the Role

Glimpse Tech is developing an ophthalmic diagnostic instrument and requires an optical design engineer to model and validate a key optical subsystem in simulation before hardware fabrication.

Key Responsibilities

• Build and validate a Zemax/OpticStudio model of a rotating multi-element optical assembly for variable refractive power correction.
• Verify modeled optical performance against theoretical predictions using real lens curvature, thickness, and material data.
• Characterize aberrations introduced across the assembly's full operating range.
• Verify clear aperture / vignetting performance for the intended use case across the operating range.
• Model interaction effects with an adjacent optical correction stage in the same light path.
• Recommend final component specifications (dimensions, power, material, coating) based on simulation results.
• Produce a validated optical design specification for handoff to mechanical/optomechanical engineering and prototype bench-testing.

Requirements & Tech Stack

• Hands-on experience with Zemax OpticStudio (or equivalent like Code V) on shipped optical designs.
• Solid grounding in geometric/physical optics: lens power, aberration theory, ray tracing, aperture analysis.
• Ability to work from first-principles optical formulas and conceptual specifications, not just pre-built templates.

Strongly Preferred

• Prior experience with ophthalmic/refractive optics (e.g., phoropters, autorefractors, trial lens systems, or similar clinical vision instruments).
• Familiarity with diopter-based power specification and ophthalmic lens tolerancing.
• Experience designing for motorized/rotating optomechanical assemblies.

Nice-to-have

• Python/MATLAB scripting for parametric sweeps and merit-function optimization.
• Medical device development experience, particularly under regulatory constraints.

Deliverables

• Zemax model of the assembly with relevant parameters swept.
• Aberration and vignetting analysis across the operating range.
• Recommended final component specification.
• Written report for fabrication handoff and future regulatory documentation.