Lead Optical Engineer

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Role Overview: 

You will join our rapidly growing C4C engineering Team, serving as the Optical Engineering expert focused on Keyboards and Mice. In this role, you will define optical specifications, select LED components, design light pipes, drive joint-development projects with external ODM/JDM partners, lead optical EVT testing, and ensure technical excellence from concept through mass production. 

• Contribute to the development of new products, platforms and technologies, bring innovations and new ideas in terms of technology.
• Scout and evaluate new technologies, concepts, systems or components based on performance, quality, reliability, risk, cost, and manufacturability.
• Design and qualify optical and sensing solutions from concept to manufacturing for C&P products meeting cost, schedule and user experience, including:
  • 　Cosmetic LED lighting simulation & measurement /validation
  • 　LED Color calibration system
  • Display measurement /validation
  • 　2D tracking sensor solution evaluation, measurement and validation
  • 　Failure analysis of tracking system issue including optical (ME stack), electronics and firmware
• Develop tools and setups to measure or characterize optical and sensing systems.
• Work with ODM/JDM for the products design and development
• Collaborate with multi-competence engineering functions in a global environment
• Apply system engineering skills and partner with a cross functional team, especially ME (Mechanical Engineering), EE(Electrical Engineering) and ESW(Embedded Software).
• Collaborate with factories to ensure smooth and efficient mass production.

Key Qualifications

For consideration, you must bring the following minimum skills and behaviors to our team:

• Experience in consumer electronics industry such as camera and display
• Experience in design of optical lighting system
• Experience in LED engineering
• Experience in color engineering
• Experience in reliability engineering
• Experience in optical measurement
• Experience in engineering methodologies (SPC, FMEA, Statistical Tolerance Analysis, DOE, GR&R and 8D)
• Efficiently create report/synthesis on complex cross-functional topics
• Fast learning, self-motivated with good priorities and time management skills
• Autonomous, reliable, team and system oriented
• Curious and explore new technology
• Excellent communication skills with high fluency in both written and spoken English
• Solid exposure in multicultural working environment;
• Availability to travel

Preferred skill

• Familiar with C/C++/C#/Matlab/Python
• Experience in development of sensing system (ex. optical navigation sensor, image sensor, PPG sensor, IMU....etc)
• Experience in Interface like USB/SPI/I2C/UART

Requirements

• Education: Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in Electrical Engineering, Electronic Engineering, or a related technical discipline.
• EE Experience: 5+ years of hands-on optical development experience in consumer electronics, with a focus on Imaging Technology or Display Technology.
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Across Logitech we empower collaboration and foster play. We help teams collaborate/learn from anywhere, without compromising on productivity or continuity so it should be no surprise that most of our jobs are open to work from home from most locations. Our hybrid work model allows some employees to work remotely while others work on-premises. Within this structure, you may have teams or departments split between working remotely and working in-house.

Logitech is an amazing place to work because it is full of authentic people who are inclusive by nature as well as by design. Being a global company, we value our diversity and celebrate all our differences. Don’t meet every single requirement? Not a problem. If you feel you are the right candidate for the opportunity, we strongly recommend that you apply. We want to meet you!

We offer comprehensive and competitive benefits packages and working environments that are designed to be flexible and help you to care for yourself and your loved ones, now and in the future. We believe that good health means more than getting medical care when you need it. Logitech supports a culture that encourages individuals to achieve good physical, financial, emotional, intellectual and social wellbeing so we all can create, achieve and enjoy more and support our families. We can’t wait to tell you more about them being that there are too many to list here and they vary based on location.

All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, sex, age, color, religion, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, protected veteran status, or on the basis of disability.

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