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Staff Optical Process Engineer, XR

Google· XR
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San Jose, CA, USA$188k - $274kFull-timePosted 1w ago

About the role

Leading the process development for critical optical components for AR/VR display systems, focusing on mass production readiness, precision molding, and optical manufacturing processes within Google's XR team.

Responsibilities

  • Develop precision optical components for AR/VR devices from concept to mass production.
  • Manage external vendor collaborations and oversee Design for Manufacturing (DFM), including material selection, process optimization, metrology, and quality control.
  • Design and optimize manufacturing process flows, and design and develop manufacturing tooling. Manage the process major issue list, conduct process troubleshooting and root cause analysis, and implement corrective actions.
  • Identify novel materials and fabrication techniques in optical surface generation, and optical coating to enable future generation optics and displays.
  • Assist in the development of test methods for optical components and ensure timely alignment of QC methods between upstream and downstream processes.

Qualifications

  • Bachelor's degree in Optical Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, or equivalent practical experience.
  • 6 years of experience working in mass production optical manufacturing and process engineering (i.e., high-precision molding process development of optical components, high-precision tooling for optical/opto-mechanical components, modeling, or tolerancing).
  • 3 years of experience in technical leadership.
  • Experience with optical metrology devices (i.e., CMM, OMM, or interferometry).
  • Experience managing domestic and international vendors.

Skills

Required:Optical engineeringMass production / manufacturingDFM (Design for Manufacturing)Optical metrology

Benefits

  • Learn more about benefits at Google (link provided in job description).
Last updated Oct 23, 2026. Interested? Apply on the company site.

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