Electro Optics Engineer
Confirmed on the employer's own hiring board on Nov 2, 2026. First seen by Alion on Nov 1, 2026. Koch Industries scores A on the Alion truth index.
Your Job
We’re looking for an electro-optics engineer who will play a pivotal role in the optical design team. As an electro optic engineer, you will be responsible for the optical design of Teramount’s photonic solutions, defining fabrication tolerances and overseeing optical R&D activities.
Our Team
Teramount-Molex is an innovative growth company in the field of silicon photonics packaging, solving one of the key challenges in enabling next-generation co-packaged optics solutions for AI infrastructure, Data Centers, and High-Performance Computing. Following our recent acquisition by Molex, our multidisciplinary team combines optics, packaging, and operational expertise to bring cutting-edge technologies from concept to scalable production.
What You Will Do
- Optical design of Termount’s packaging solutions.
- Data analysis of fabricated optics. It will be your responsibility to point out fabrication challenges and verify that outputs meet the defined requirements.
- Yield prediction and defining optical and mechanical tolerances.
- Plan, supervise and extract conclusions from R&D lab experiments.
- Interact with different departments and define targets of the optical R&D process.
- Interact with vendors and service providers.
Who You Are (Basic Qualifications)
- A bachelor’s or master’s degree in physics: Electro-optics / Applied Physics.
- Deep understanding of lenses and optical systems in terms of geometric optics and physical optics.
- Scripting and simulation capabilities in Python or MATLAB. You will be required to acquire a command of Python.
- High analytical and troubleshooting capabilities.
- Experience with optical simulations.
- A self- starter: ability to perform physical optical simulations with self-built tools and acquire new skills independently.
- High mathematical skills.
- High English Proficiency.
What Will Put You Ahead
- Hands-on experience with Zemax and/or Lumerical simulation software.
- Image processing skills.
- Practical lab experience.
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Who We Are
As a Koch company, Molex is a leading supplier of connectors and interconnect components, driving innovation in electronics and supporting industries from automotive to health care and consumer to data communications. The thousands of innovators who work for Molex have made us a global electronics leader. Our experienced people, groundbreaking products and leading-edge technologies help us deliver a wider array of solutions to more markets than ever before.