Senior Engineer, Optical Systems Engineer - Redmond, Washington, United States
Digital Design & SoC Architecture
$80,000 - $100,000 USD yearly
Originally posted 3 September 2026 by the employer.
About the role
What you'll do
- Support the implementation of Light Control Metasurface (LCM™)-based lidar system and transmitter designs, contributing to the build and test of reference designs.
- Build test stations and fixtures for system-level test, assembly, and calibration.
- Execute system-level test campaigns to characterize and validate lidar performance across development and production builds.
- Build and maintain Python-based automation and measurement tools for characterization and calibration of system and optoelectronic components.
- Debug systems and transmitters to isolate and resolve performance and integration issues, including electronics, optics, and embedded processing and control algorithms.
- Participate in hardware and system design reviews, providing input on system integration, testability, and robustness for LCM-based lidar systems.
What you'll need
- Bachelor's degree in Electrical Engineering, Optical Engineering, Physics, or related field plus a minimum of 2+ years of relevant work experience.
- Working experience in optoelectronic or photonic systems integration and debug.
- Python skills for automation, control, and data analysis.
- Familiarity with Git, Unix environments, and embedded systems.
- Exposure to system integration, optoelectronics, and cross-domain debugging.
- Exposure to designing or building test, assembly, or calibration stations, including fixture design and test automation.
- Working familiarity with lasers, photodetectors, and optoelectronic component characterization.
Nice to have
- Advanced degree.
- Experience with lidar systems; radar or ultrasound experience is also acceptable.
Market context
This role has been open 54 days — slightly above the 53-day median for Hardware Systems Engineering roles.
Hardware Systems Engineering · AI ML Hardware
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Open roles in category
1021
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Median days open
53 d
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Median salary
$154k
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See the full market breakdown ▾Category comparison, and who else is hiring
| Metric | Lumotive | All employers we track in this specialty (1021 roles · 102 employers) |
|---|---|---|
| Open roles in this specialty | 1 | 1021 |
| Open roles in the wider Software, Firmware & Systems family | 3 | 6292 · 146 employers |
| Median days open | 54 d | 53 d (+1 d vs this employer) |
| Median salary (USD postings) | — | $154k |
Who's hiring in this category
- Intel Corporation · 75 open roles · median 39 d
- KLA Corporation · 64 open roles · median 51 d
- Teradyne · 60 open roles · median 39 d
- NVIDIA · 50 open roles · median 70 d
- Applied Materials · 49 open roles · median 67 d
- AMD · 44 open roles · median 56 d
How we counted: 1021 open Hardware Systems Engineering (AI ML Hardware) roles from 102 employers tracked in the SemiconductorJobs index, counted 27 Oct 2026. Specialty figures count only roles carrying this exact specialty label, so an employer's related work in neighbouring specialties is not included there — it is counted in the wider Software, Firmware & Systems family row. Figures refresh nightly.