Responsibilities
About Team: The team owns the full lifecycle delivery and technical ownership of the AR eyepiece system, with core responsibilities covering imaging quality, visual comfort, binocular vision, and vision correction functions. It drives cross-functional collaboration to optimize optical performance, ergonomics, and user experience, ensuring the optical module meets mass production requirements. Responsibilities - Lead the development and design of material solutions, process solutions, and optical solutions for tunable lenses. - Collaborate with suppliers to complete the NRE development of tunable lenses, including technical selection, customized specification definition, overall solution design and development. - Independently undertake the development, assembly and debugging of high-precision optical testing equipment. - Responsible for the system integration of tunable lenses and XR headset overall solutions and use FEA tool to solve multi-physics problem.
Qualifications
Minimum Qualifications - PhD degree in Physics, Electronics, Optics, Mechanics, Materials Science or related fields. - Practical experience in multi-physics field simulation and finite element analysis. - Solid foundational knowledge of geometric optics; proficient in optical path setup, alignment and debugging. - Hands-on R&D experience in system-level optical design with strong troubleshooting capabilities. Preferred Qualifications - Mass production experience in consumer electronic optical modules is highly preferred. - R&D experience in miniature precision actuators is a plus. - Prior experience in liquid encapsulation, hyperelastic materials, fluid-structure interaction, liquid crystal lenses, ultra-precision manufacturing, etc.
Job Information
【For Pay Transparency】Compensation Description (Annually)
The base salary range for this position in the selected city is $156000 - $387600 annually.
Compensation may vary outside of this range depending on a number of factors, including a candidate’s qualifications, skills, competencies and experience, and location. Base pay is one part of the Total Package that is provided to compensate and recognize employees for their work, and this role may be eligible for additional discretionary bonuses/incentives, and restricted stock units.
Benefits may vary depending on the nature of employment and the country work location. Employees have day one access to medical, dental, and vision insurance, a 401(k) savings plan with company match, paid parental leave, short-term and long-term disability coverage, life insurance, wellbeing benefits, among others. Employees also receive 10 paid holidays per year, 10 paid sick days per year and 17 days of Paid Personal Time (prorated upon hire with increasing accruals by tenure).
The Company reserves the right to modify or change these benefits programs at any time, with or without notice.
For Los Angeles County (unincorporated) Candidates:
Qualified applicants with arrest or conviction records will be considered for employment in accordance with all federal, state, and local laws including the Los Angeles County Fair Chance Ordinance for Employers and the California Fair Chance Act. Our company believes that criminal history may have a direct, adverse and negative relationship on the following job duties, potentially resulting in the withdrawal of the conditional offer of employment:
1. Interacting and occasionally having unsupervised contact with internal/external clients and/or colleagues;
2. Appropriately handling and managing confidential information including proprietary and trade secret information and access to information technology systems; and
3. Exercising sound judgment.
About Pico
Founded in April 2015, Pico is a VR company committed to developing immersive and interactive VR experiences for people around the world. Pico also provides tailor-made solutions for our enterprise clients in the fields of education and healthcare.
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