Optical Engineer – Automotive Exterior Lighting

Location: Puerto Interior, Parque Industrial Santa Fe IV, Mexico

Responsibilities

• Design and optimize optical systems for automotive headlamps, tail lamps, reflectors, lenses, and light guides.
• Perform optical simulation, photometric analysis, and light-distribution optimization.
• Validate optical performance through physical measurements and laboratory testing.
• Collaborate with mechanical design, manufacturing, tooling, and quality teams.
• Support prototype development, product validation, and production troubleshooting.

Required Skills

• 3–5 years of automotive exterior lighting experience.
• LucidShape, Ansys Speos, Zemax, or equivalent optical simulation software.
• Optical design involving reflectors, lenses, light guides, or thick-wall optics.
• Geometric optics, photometry, and light-distribution analysis.
• Knowledge of automotive lighting photometric requirements.
• Bachelor's or Master's degree in Optical Engineering, Physics, Photonics, Mechanical Engineering, or a related field.
• Preferred: CATIA, Siemens NX, SolidWorks, physical lamp testing, ECE/SAE/FMVSS/CCC regulations, and injection-molded optical components.

Benefits: No Benefits its a contract role.

Equal Employment Opportunity:

Intellectt Inc. is an Equal Opportunity Employer. Employment decisions are made without regard to race, color, religion, sex, pregnancy, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, age, disability, genetic information, veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by applicable federal, state, or local law.