20th November 2024

Location: Horgen, Switzerland

NIL Technology is a leading manufacturer of micro-and nanostructured optical components for 3D sensor technology.

Our team in Horgen (ZH), Switzerland, is expanding, and we are actively seeking a new colleague to join our optical characterization team. As a member of the Optics team, your primary focus will be on executing the testing roadmap for NILT.

As a key contributor to project teams, you will take responsibility for testing elements and components, and provide valuable feedback to process and design engineers, as well as our customers. Close collaboration with the optical design group and process development team will be essential.

Additionally, you will design and construct custom optical setups capable of measuring the performance of our parts. Maintenance, optimization, and automation of existing setups are also part of your responsibilities. Finally, you will analyze measurement data and prepare comprehensive reports for presentation.

If you have a passion for optics and thrive in a collaborative environment, we encourage you to apply!

You will be part of a company that offers a fast-moving and busy work environment, where all opinions are valued together. We have a strong team spirit and a profound “we win, and we lose together” attitude which we value and culture. Read more at www.nilt.com/join-us/

Responsibilities and Duties

• Support customer projects regarding optical testing
• Maintain and improve test systems from lab setups to mass production test equipment
• Design, build and automate new optical test setups
• Implement algorithms to extract key metrics from measurement data
• Perform data analysis on measurement data
• Reporting and documentation

Hard Skills & Experiences

• Background in optics
• Experience in testing of optical or optoelectronic components
• Practical experience in the lab, ideally optical lab
• Knowledge of at least one programming language, ideally Python
• Good communication skills

Soft Skills

• Independent, work towards an objective rather than following instructions
• A structured approach to work and attention to detail
• Good communication skills to present results and challenges clearly
• Willingness to adapt to a fast-paced environment

Qualifications & Profile

• Engineering degree or MSc degree in Microengineering, Electronics, Optics, Photonics, Physics or similar
• English (required), German is a plus

What NILT offers

• Dynamic but easy-going start-up work environment with flat hierarchies
• Newly built office and cleanroom facilities in the “Seehallen Horgen” next to the train station of Horgen and Lake Zurich.
• Opportunity to grow with the company and develop skills in a multidisciplinary environment
• Flexible working hours and strong team spirit

We will evaluate applications as they are received, and we will be happy to receive your application as soon as possible and no later than 1st January 2025.

Start date: as soon as possible

If you have any questions, please contact Moritz Schmidlin at moritz@nilt.com.

Your application may be stored with the company for up to 6 months unless you request otherwise.

About NILT

NIL Technology (NILT), founded in 2006, is an optical solutions company designing, developing, and manufacturing optical elements and components using high-precision nanoscale features. The company is backed by several industry-independent investors: Jolt Capital, NGP Capital, Swisscanto, Vaekstfonden, and the European Innovation Council (EIC). NILT creates competitive advantages with flat optics in optical applications for 3D sensing, consumer electronics, machine vision, autonomous vehicles, telecommunication, and AR/VR/MR displays; all solutions made by diffractive optical elements (DOE) and metalenses/meta optical elements (MOE). NILT is based in Denmark and has offices in Switzerland, Sweden, and the US. Visit us at www.nilt.com.