Langham Recruitment
principal Optical Engineer
How your CV stacks up
Upload your CV to see how well it fits this job role
?%
Principal Optical Engineer | Next Gen Optics | London - Onsite | £85k - £110K
We're looking for an experienced Principal Optical Engineer to lead the development of advanced optical systems for an innovative next-generation hardware platform.
This is a highly technical, hands-on role where you'll own the optical architecture, design, and development from prototyping, design, development and integration to manufacturing.
If you enjoy solving complex optical engineering problems and want to lead the development of a next-generation product. This is the role for you.
Responsibilities:
- Own the optical architecture and technical direction of a next-generation product and future technology roadmap.
- Design, model, simulate and optimise optical systems using Zemax.
- Lead optical system development from early prototypes through design verification & validation and production.
- Develop optical performance budgets, tolerance analyses, error budgets and calibration strategies.
- Balance performance and engineering capabilities with manufacturability, cost, reliability, packaging, thermal behaviour and scalability.
- Work hands-on in the laboratory to validate designs and correlate simulation with measured performance.
Reasons to use Rodeo
Start with a chat, not a search bar
Grad scheme, placement, apprenticeship? Not sure what you want yet — that's fine. Your agent talks it through with you and turns "I have no idea" into a shortlist.
It searches the market for you
Every day your agent scans the market matching roles against what actually matters to you, not just keywords on a CV.
Only hits
No noise. No "maybe this fits." Just roles with a clear explanation of why they're right — and where to focus when applying.
Skills:
Get help with your application
Your very own career expert that helps elevate your application to the next level.
- Master's or PhD background in a related subject, e.g., Electronics, Optics, Photonics, Physics.
- 7+ years' experience in optical design or optical engineering within complex hardware products.
- Expertise using Zemax for optical design, simulation, optimisation and tolerancing.
- Experience taking optical designs from prototype through verification, validation and towards production.
- Ideally experience with systems involving imaging systems, microscopes, precision instrumentation, holography and laser systems.
Benefits:
- Salary £85,000 - £110,000 DoE
- Holiday allowance
- Pension scheme
“It took my CV and asked me questions relevant to understanding what kind of jobs to suggest for me. Suggestions were almost perfect. Jobs were exactly what I’ve been looking for.”
Jessica, London
Skills
Location