# Senior Optical Engineer

At Alcon, we are driven by the meaningful work we do to help people see brilliantly. We innovate boldly, champion progress, and act with speed as the global leader in eye care. Here, you’ll be recognized for your commitment and contributions and see your career like never before. Together, we go above and beyond to make an impact in the lives of our patients and customers. We foster an inclusive culture and are looking for diverse, talented people to join Alcon. As a Senior Optical Engineer supporting the Intraocular Lens (IOL) R&D and Advanced Optics team, you will be trusted to work on proprietary optical design, simulation, and metrology innovations that advance vision-restoring ophthalmic technologies at our Fort Worth, Texas site. In this role, a typical day will include: Driving cross-functional innovation with Optics, Ophthalmology, Chemistry, and Mechanical Engineering teams to solve complex IOL and vision-correction challenges, advancing Alcon’s mission to help people see brilliantly. Leading end-to-end optical design and simulation using Zemax/Code V, developing proprietary optics optimized for human vision and defining rigorous optical metrology to ensure world-class per

- **Id**: 956237
- **Url**: <https://alion.io/job/alcon-senior-optical-engineer>
- **Role**: Semiconductors
- **Role family**: Semiconductors
- **Seniority**: senior
- **Employment type**: full_time
- **Work mode**: on_site
- **Hiring geo confidence**: structured
- **Locations**: Fort Worth, United States
- **Countries**: US
- **Hiring countries total**: 0
- **Experience years min**: 2
- **Visa sponsorship**: no
- **Relocation package**: no
- **Has equity**: no
- **Status**: live
- **First seen at**: 2026-09-16T06:02:57Z
- **Employer posted date**: 2026-10-20
- **Last verified at**: 2026-11-07T14:34:17Z
- **Board verified**: yes
- **Days open**: 52
- **Description format**: text
- **Description chars**: 4750
- **Description truncated**: no
- **Benefits**: Flexible time off
- **Relocation offered**: yes
- **Industries**: Surgical Instruments & Devices, Eyewear

## Company

- **Id**: 5809
- **Name**: Alcon
- **Domain**: alcon.com
- **Url**: <https://alion.io/company/alcon>
- **Size band**: 1001-5000
- **Is staffing agency**: no
- **Employer type**: direct
- **Is intermediary**: no
- **Ats vendor**: Workday

### Truth index

- **Grade**: A
- **Score**: 89
- **Open postings**: 55
- **Ghost share**: 0.055
- **Stale share**: 0.273
- **Repost share**: 0.091
- **Time to fill p50 days**: 29
- **Computed at**: 2026-11-07T05:47:08Z

## Salary estimate

- **Min usd**: 105000
- **Max usd**: 192000
- **Period**: year
- **Method**: role_seniority_country_remote_cell
- **Sample n**: 83

## Technologies

- **MATLAB** — Optional: no
- **NumPy** — Optional: no
- **Python** — Optional: no
- **PyTorch** — Optional: no
- **Scikit-learn** — Optional: no
- **SciPy** — Optional: no
- **TensorFlow** — Optional: no

## Trust

- **Level**: ok
- **Days open**: 52

## Requirements

- **Experience years min**: 2
- **Manages managers**: no
- **Security clearance**: no

### Education

- **Level**: bachelor
- **Optional**: no

### Languages

- Language: English; Level: Upper-Intermediate (B2); Optional: no

## Lifecycle

- Event: open; At: 2026-09-16T06:02:57Z

## Visa

- Country: US; Licensed sponsor: yes; Adverts offering sponsorship 24m: 4; Sanctioned now: no; Evidence: H-1B filings in 12 months: 41 · green card filings: 19; Filings 12m: 41

## Liveness

- **Score**: 25
- **Band**: fade
- **Label**: Fading
- **P open**: 1
- **P active**: 0.706
- **P room**: 0.36
- **Age days**: 51
- **Expected fill days**: 29
- **Reasons**: conf:0, velocity, win:tail, crowd:brand
- **Computed at**: 2026-11-07T05:47:08Z

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