# Senior Optical Engineer

About Lyte Lyte builds perception systems for Physical AI operating in complex environments. The company combines custom silicon, integrated sensors, and software into a unified platform for robotics, mobility, and next-generation automation. Lyte is headquartered in Sunnyvale, California, with a global presence. For more information, visit www.lyte.ai If you’re excited about building impactful technology in a dynamic, hands-on environment, we’d love to hear from you! About the role We are seeking a highly motivated and hands-on Senior Optical Engineer to join our System Optics Team. The team is responsible for defining, designing, delivering, and validating optical components and subsystems that meet product-level performance requirements. This is a product engineering role rather than a pure R&D position. You will own optical components and subsystems from requirements definition and detailed design through qualification, manufacturing introduction, and sustaining support. The successful candidate will lead lens and optical component design activities, including requirements and specification development, optical design and tolerancing, vendor execution, validation, and future-ge

- **Id**: 1133003
- **Url**: <https://alion.io/job/lyte-senior-optical-engineer>
- **Role**: Semiconductors
- **Role family**: Semiconductors
- **Seniority**: senior
- **Employment type**: full_time
- **Work mode**: on_site
- **Hiring geo confidence**: structured
- **Locations**: Sunnyvale, United States
- **Countries**: US
- **Hiring countries total**: 0
- **Experience years min**: 7
- **Visa sponsorship**: no
- **Relocation package**: no
- **Has equity**: no
- **Status**: live
- **First seen at**: 2026-09-23T01:16:20Z
- **Employer posted date**: 2026-09-23
- **Last verified at**: 2026-11-07T22:47:30Z
- **Board verified**: yes
- **Days open**: 45
- **Description format**: text
- **Description chars**: 5981
- **Description truncated**: no
- **Benefits**: Equity, Retirement plans
- **Relocation offered**: no
- **Industries**: Artificial Intelligence, Machine Vision & 3D Cameras

## Company

- **Id**: 30000
- **Name**: Lyte
- **Domain**: lyte.ai
- **Url**: <https://alion.io/company/lyte>
- **Size band**: 501-1000
- **Is staffing agency**: no
- **Employer type**: direct
- **Is intermediary**: no
- **Ats vendor**: Rippling

### Truth index

- **Grade**: A
- **Score**: 95
- **Open postings**: 36
- **Ghost share**: 0
- **Stale share**: 0
- **Repost share**: 0
- **Time to fill p50 days**: 138
- **Computed at**: 2026-11-07T05:47:08Z

## Salary estimate

- **Min usd**: 130000
- **Max usd**: 238000
- **Period**: year
- **Method**: role_seniority_country_remote_cell
- **Sample n**: 83

## Technologies

- **Python** — Optional: no

## Trust

- **Level**: ok
- **Days open**: 45

## Requirements

- **Experience years min**: 7
- **Manages managers**: no
- **Security clearance**: no

### Education

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

## Lifecycle

- Event: open; At: 2026-09-23T04:28:42Z

## Visa

- Country: US; Licensed sponsor: yes; Adverts offering sponsorship 24m: 0; Sanctioned now: no; Evidence: H-1B filings in 12 months: 5 · green card filings: 1; Filings 12m: 5

## Liveness

- **Score**: 86
- **Band**: hot
- **Label**: Hiring now
- **P open**: 1
- **P active**: 0.86
- **P room**: 1
- **Age days**: 45
- **Expected fill days**: 138
- **Reasons**: conf:3, win:early
- **Computed at**: 2026-11-07T05:47:08Z

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