The RoleWe are hiring an Optics Engineer to architect and own optical subsystems within Becoming's integrated hardware platform.
This is a senior builder role. You will design stable, production-grade optical systems that integrate tightly with mechanical structures, electronics, firmware, and data systems - and you will be accountable for their real-world performance.
This is not a research imaging role. You will think in terms of alignment stability, signal integrity, manufacturability, and long-duration runtime.
You will define specifications, make architecture decisions, and own outcomes.
What You'll Own- End-to-end ownership of optical subsystems inside complex hardware platforms
- Optical path architecture: illumination, detection, filtering, and signal optimization
- Component selection with attention to stability, lifecycle, and manufacturability
- Mechanical integration and alignment strategy under thermal and environmental constraints
- Electrical integration of detectors and signal acquisition systems
- Signal-to-noise optimization and drift mitigation
- Calibration frameworks and long-term stability validation
- Prototyping, stress testing, and failure analysis
- Documentation and standards that enable scaling
Who You AreYou are someone who:
- Operates with high agency - you identify problems, define solutions, and execute
- Takes end-to-end ownership of what you build
- Brings high energy to complex, ambiguous engineering challenges
- Acts with high integrity - you are honest about tradeoffs, risks, and failure modes
- Communicates directly and clearly, especially when something won't work
- Is self-aware about your strengths and gaps, and proactively fills them
- Thinks like a systems integrator, not a narrow specialist
- Cares deeply about understanding systems at a first-principles level
Requirements- Have built optical systems that operated outside of controlled lab demos
- Think in systems, not just ray traces
- Understand how optical decisions impact mechanical tolerances and electrical noise
- Surface limitations and risks clearly
- Prefer robust architectures over fragile precision
- Stay composed debugging signal degradation in live systems
- Raise the technical bar around you
- You take responsibility for whether the signal holds up over time - not just whether the design simulated correctly.
Strong Signals
- Degree in optics, physics, electrical engineering, or equivalent demonstrated depth
- Experience designing and shipping integrated optical systems
- Strong first-principles understanding of optical design and detection physics
- Experience integrating optics with mechanical and electrical platforms
- Demonstrated ownership of systems operating under real-world constraints
- Ability to operate without rigid process scaffolding or heavy vendor abstraction
Benefits- Competitive salary and meaningful equity
- Full benefits
- High-trust, high-ownership environment
- Rapid growth in scope and responsibility
