Optical System Design Engineer (Semiconductor Inspection)

Location: Waterloo, Ontario, Canada

Salary: CAD 76,800–102,400 per year

Company

hirify.global, part of Teledyne Technologies, develops high-reliability sensing and imaging technologies for advanced industrial, aerospace, defense, environmental, electronics, oceanographic, energy, and medical applications.

What you will do

• Design LED and laser illumination systems for automated semiconductor inspection camera test stations.
• Model optical performance and perform ray-trace, tolerance, and performance analyses.
• Build prototypes and evaluate uniformity, throughput, contrast, and image quality.
• Select commercial optics and specify custom optical components.
• Develop alignment, calibration, testing, and validation procedures.
• Troubleshoot optical and optomechanical issues and collaborate with camera, sensor, mechanical, electrical, software, and manufacturing engineers from prototype through production.

Requirements

• Strong knowledge of imaging, illumination, ray and wave optics, radiometry, photometry, tolerancing, and alignment.
• 5+ years of experience designing optical systems for imaging, photonics, instrumentation, or industrial applications.
• Hands-on optical laboratory, measurement, alignment, and troubleshooting skills.
• Experience with optical design and analysis tools such as Zemax OpticStudio, Python, MATLAB, or LabVIEW.
• Bachelor’s degree in Optical Engineering, Physics, Photonics, Applied Physics, or a related engineering field.

Nice to have

• Experience in semiconductor inspection, machine vision, scientific imaging, or camera characterization.
• Familiarity with image sensors, optomechanical or CAD design, or EMVA standards.
• Master’s or higher degree in a relevant discipline.

Culture & Benefits

• Meaningful work on advanced imaging technology with deep, hands-on engineering challenges.
• Collaboration across multidisciplinary engineering teams.
• Opportunity to develop technical depth from optical design through production.
• Stability and broad engineering scope within Teledyne Technologies.
• Full-time employment in Waterloo, Ontario.

Hiring process

• Applications are reviewed for alignment with the role.
• Selected candidates may complete a recruiter screen followed by technical and team interviews; timelines vary by position.