Optical Simulation Engineer, Digital Twin

📋 Description

• Develop and maintain integrated optical and multiphysics simulation frameworks for Digital Twin applications
• Model complex laser amplifier architectures, including gain media and thermal effects
• Build and refine the Digital Twin environment for system-level prediction and optimization
• Validate simulation models against experimental data and perform sensitivity/uncertainty analysis
• Develop reduced-order and surrogate models for efficient Digital Twin deployment
• Collaborate with optical engineers, laser physicists, and experimental teams to translate results into design decisions

🎯 Requirements

• Master’s or PhD in optics, computational physics, applied mathematics, or related field
• Strong experience in optical and multiphysics simulation of complex systems
• Ability to couple optical, thermal, mechanical, and fluid domains into system models
• Solid understanding of laser and optical physics (propagation, amplification, spectral, nonlinear)
• Experience in model validation, uncertainty quantification, data-driven refinement
• Programming: Python, MATLAB, C/C++, plus COMSOL/ANSYS; Zemax/CodeV/FRED

🎁 Benefits

• Equal opportunity employer
• San Francisco Fair Chance Ordinance applies