Shaping the future of wafer‑level optics — together

Are you passionate about transforming cutting‑edge optical technologies into real-world applications?

As our new Optical Systems Application Engineer, you will play a key role in bridging customer needs with NILT’s pioneering optical solutions. This is a unique opportunity to grow your expertise in a fast-moving, multidisciplinary environment at the forefront of nano‑ and micro‑optics innovation.

Based in our modern office and cleanroom facilities in Seehallen Horgen, right next to Lake Zürich, you will join an experienced, collaborative team dedicated to building next‑generation optical modules and demonstrators.

You will be part of an ambitious company where we win together. Team spirit and mutual success are key components in our everyday work culture.

Tasks and responsibilities

Customer Engagement

Support customer evaluations, provide technical guidance, and ensure alignment between customer requirements and NILT’s optical solutions. Work closely with sales to ensure a good customer experience from the first contact to the signed contract.

Application Engineering

Translate customer use cases into system‑level optical solutions and drive the performance, cost, and manufacturability tradeoffs and work closely with the product management team.

Demonstrator and Evaluation kit Development

Build and test functional prototypes and evaluation kits in our hacker lab to validate concepts and showcase system capabilities to customers.

Module Development

Collaborate closely with internal and external teams to define and refine optical module architectures — from camera systems to dot projectors, diffusers, and beyond.

Skills, experiences and qualifications we are looking for

• MSc in Microengineering, Electronics, Optics, Photonics, Physics, or a related field
• 3+ years’ experience in optoelectronic device development or product management (preferably consumer applications)
• Strong understanding of optics and optical systems
• Experience with mechanical and/or optical design
• Hands‑on experience with 3D printing for rapid prototyping
• Programming skills, ideally Python (data analysis, automation, prototyping)
• Independent, structured, and goal‑oriented mindset
• Strong communication skills and comfort working in a fast‑paced, multidisciplinary setup
• Willingness to travel for partner and customer engagements
• Fluent in English; German is a plus

Questions You are welcome to reach out to hiring manager: Moritz Schmidlin, Head of Modules, moritz@nilt.com

Interested?

Please forward your CV and application letter incl. answers to the 2 questions below, no later than

13 July EOB. We look forward to hearing from you.

More roles in the Modules team

We are expanding the team and if any of the other vacancies in the team sounds interesting as well, you are more than welcome to apply for more than one role.

1. Customer engagement

Describe a situation where you worked directly with a customer to understand their technical needs and guide them toward a suitable (optical) solution. What was your role, and what technical or communication challenges did you overcome?

2. Requirements definition

Share an example of how you translated a customer or system requirement into an optical module concept or architecture.

About NIL Technology

NIL Technology (NILT), founded in 2006, is an optical solutions company designing, developing, and manufacturing optical elements and components using high-precision nanoscale features. NILT creates competitive advantages with flat optics (meta-optics) in optical applications for 3D sensing, consumer electronics, machine vision, autonomous vehicles, telecommunication, and AR. With its background in mastering for nanoimprint, the company produces masters and offers nano-foundry services. NILT is based in Denmark and has offices in Switzerland, Sweden, US, and a manufacturing in Malaysia. Visit us at www.nilt.com. NILT is owned by Radiant Opto-Electronics Corporation (www.radiant.com.tw).