Sr. Principal Opto-Mechanical Engineer

At Alcon, we are driven by the meaningful work we do to help people see brilliantly. We innovate boldly, champion progress, and act with speed as the global leader in eye care. Here, you’ll be recognized for your commitment and contributions and see your career like never before. Together, we go above and beyond to make an impact in the lives of our patients and customers.

We foster an inclusive culture and are looking for diverse, talented people to join Alcon and we are hiring for a Sr. Principal Opto-Mechanical Engineer who will be located in Lake Forest, CA in our research and development location.

In this role, a typical day will include:

•        Apply in-depth knowledge of Opto-Mechanical Engineering in Ophthalmic related Diagnostic & Visualization surgical instrumentation domain as SME across a range of engineering disciplines including, Optics, Opto-mechanics, Fiber Optics, Material Science, Precision Machining, Imaging, Illumination, Microscope and Optical Systems Design.

•        Perform Opto-mechanical design including lens barrel and lens housing design, lens bonding and mounting techniques, and opto-mechanical analysis including thermal, environmental, shock & vib, system integration and stability tolerance study.

•        Conduct design, research, development, and process upscaling for new medical device products.

•        Investigate and evaluate existing technology and designs new methodology, materials, machines, or processes as needed for Ophthalmic medical device development.

•        Design, assembly, alignment, measurement, testing, analysis, and troubleshooting of diagnostics and visualization devices.

•        Understand operation principles for optomechanical and electromechanical actuators and sensors and integrate these within complex sub-systems.

•        Generate detailed parts fabrication drawings including GD&T and tolerance analysis.

•        Support medical device development activities such as prototyping, testing, pilot builds, V&V, risk assessment, and ramp-up to production release.

•        Support all aspects of documentation and design control through PECN, ECN, ECP in Product Lifecycle Management (PLM) platform (Windchill preferred).

•        Develop assembling and alignment fixtures for prototype fabrication and create associated manufacturing assembling (MAP) and manufacturing testing processes (MTP).

•        Support concurrent engineering activities, design control and transition to manufacturing.

•        Technical lead for feasibility study and new product development ensuring that design activities are conducted following Alcon SOPs.

•        Derive product design requirements based on top-level commercial input.

•        Identify technical, project schedule, and commercial viability risks.

•        Run cross-functional design trade-off and technical reviews to drive design decisions.

•        Work effectively with cross-functional development teams including Optics, Mechanical, Electrical, Software, QA, Industrial Design and Manufacturing functions.

•        Team player/collaboration aptitude with strong sense of accountability and perseverance to lead and drive projects through to completion.

•        Make contributions to ideations, patent portfolio and the corporation strategy development.

Preferred Experience

•        Proficiency in CREO (Pro-E), SolidWorks, or Equivalent CAD skills (CREO preferred) in PLM or Windchill environment.

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