R&D Engineer (f/m/d) Coating Design
Confirmed on the employer's own hiring board on Oct 18, 2026. First seen by Alion on Oct 14, 2026.
ENABLE your future through light.
Excelitas is a global technology leader, focused on delivering market-driven solutions to fulfill the illumination, optical, detection and imaging needs of OEMs and end-users across the biomedical, semiconductor, industrial, consumer products, scientific, security and aerospace sectors.
ENGAGE with us today and make your contribution to the future! Join the team that leading technology companies turn to for cutting-edge photonic innovation. At Excelitas Technologies you are how we EXCEL.
Our Excelitas site in Göttingen is the centre of excellence for the development and production of photonics solutions for the semiconductor equipment market. For this highly demanding market, the Göttingen site supplies highly complex opto-mechanical modules, subsystems and components for applications in lithography, wafer inspection, chip bonding and packaging.
In addition, this site manufactures and supplies a broad range of optical and mechanical components, including complete optical systems, to support scientific research and development as well as industrial production.
Your Tasks
- Evaluate customer requests for advanced optical coatings and complex optical components from a technical perspective
- Develop, analyze, and simulate complex optical components for advanced optical systems and modules
- Design and optimize optical components with regard to performance and functionality
- Develop and enhance manufacturing methods and processes in the areas of grinding, lapping, polishing, cleaning, coating, fine cementing, and optical bonding
Your Profile
- Bachelor's or Master's degree in Optics, Photonics, Physics, or a related field
- Several years of professional experience in the field of complex optical components
- Experience with optical glass processing as well as cleaning, coating, fine cementing, and optical bonding processes
- Knowledge of optical component design, ideally using Zemax or similar tools
- Experience with optical metrology and the specification of optical performance requirements
- Excellent written and spoken German and English language skills
- Strong organizational and analytical skills with a structured and systematic approach to work
We welcome suitable applications regardless of gender, cultural and social background, age, religion, ideology, disability or sexual identity.
Excelitas is seeking leaders and innovators to join our global team!
Visit: https://jobs.excelitas.com/