Optical Lens Design Engineer (m/f/x)

ZEISS Group

Your Talent, our Vision – together we see beyond. Your start at ZEISS Vision Care. As a leading manufacturer of ophthalmic lenses, we help people around the world achieve a clearer vision – sustainable and with focus on the future.

Our products are as diverse as the career paths we offer, from tailored lenses to award-winning measurement systems. Become part of our team and shape a future in which clear vision and professional success go hand in hand.

Your Role

Sustain the development of innovative ophthalmic lens designs for optometry focus
Supporting additive manufacturing with innovative ophthalmic lens designs concepts and their implementation
Evaluation and development of innovative algorithms to improve future lens design tasks
Support of the ongoing maintenance of the in-house lens design and analysis tools
Improvement and documentation of developed lenses in the AR/VR business
Analysis and replying of customer requests
Proactive participation in the idea generation process and submission of invention reports

This position is entitled to demonstrate expertise for the development and implementation of innovative ophthalmic lens designs considering customer and manufacturing requirements as specified by the development team and product management. This includes development of optical concepts for progressive, single vision and stock lenses by computing and analysing surface and wearer vision quality, implementing to calculation software and communicating to stakeholders.

Your Profile

Master’s or doctoral degree in mathematics, physics, vision science or similar subject
Good undertanding in general optics, optics of the eye, ray tracing and aberration theory are beneficial
Advanced experience in ophthalmic lens design, ideally including international work assignments
Confident programming using state-of-the-art programming languages
Design and implementation of scientific applications involving complex mathematical algorithms
Mentality and ability to learn quickly, supported by strong analytical skills and logical thinking
Innovative and creative approaches to solve problems in addition to the ability to work independently and in different functional teams
Willingness to work in a globally distributed team; international travel will be required
Full proficiency in English

Your ZEISS Recruiting Team

Hannah Beutler