Metasurface Design Engineer

The Position:

We are seeking a highly motivated metasurface design engineer to join our Design & Computation team. You will design, simulate, and optimize advanced metasurfaces for current and next-generation products, collaborating with process, metrology, and manufacturing teams to translate the design into high-volume production.

What you'll do

• Perform day-to-day metasurface design and simulation to meet product and performance specifications.


• Develop and maintain simulation workflows and modeling pipelines using in-house developed codes.


• Scientific compute, program, and automate design tasks using Julia and Python.


• Collaborate with process engineers, metrology team, and foundry partners to ensure design-for-manufacturing.


• Analyze the optical performance data, optimize, and iterate on designs to meet stringent optical and manufacturing requirements.


• Contribute to current product improvement and roadmap for next-generation and future metasurface-based products.


• Document simulation methodologies, design rules, and best practices.

What you'll need

• MS.c. or Ph.D. in Optical Engineering, Electrical Engineering, or a related field.


• Solid understanding of metasurface physics and diffractive/geometrical optics.


• Strong hands-on experience with FDTD (e.g., MEEP), RCWA (e.g., S4), and familiarity with other modeling methods (TMM, BPM, FEM, etc).


• Programming experience in Julia, Python, and MATLAB for simulation scripting, scientific computing, and workflow automation.


• Experience in collaborating with process development (lithography, etching, deposition), metrology (SEM/FIB, bench-top setup), and manufacturing teams.


• Proficiency with Git for version control and SLURM for workload management.


• Detail-oriented, self-driven, able to thrive in a fast-paced, multidisciplinary environment.

Preferred qualifications:

• Experience with custom simulation tool development or optimization pipeline.


• Familiarity with design rule checking and integrating optical design with process limitations.

The Company

Metalenz is a growing, venture-backed start-up that is the first to commercialize meta-optics and enable the next generation of 3D sensing in consumer electronics, automotive and industrial robotics markets. Built on research from Harvard University, Metalenz has 20+ patents on innovations that simplify and improve optical devices. Unlike traditional optics, the company’s metasurface technology provides complex, multifunctional optical performance in a single semiconductor layer, relocating large-scale production of optics to semiconductor foundries, that print lenses like computer chips.

Metalenz recently closed a $30M Series B financing led by Neotribe Ventures, and returning investors including 3M Ventures, Applied Ventures LLC, Intel Capital, M Ventures, TDK Ventures, and Foothill Ventures. Now in the market, Metalenz metasurface optics will be in millions of consumer devices this year. Based in downtown Boston near TD Garden, Metalenz is conveniently located across the street from North Station.

What we offer

Metalenz is a rapidly growing start-up that offers best-in-class benefits.

• Competitive salary, 401k with company contribution, pre-IPO stock options.


• Based in downtown Boston near TD Garden, Metalenz is conveniently located across the street from North Station.


• Competitive benefits package including company-paid health, dental, vision, life, LTD/ADD.


• Company contribution to Health Savings Account (HSA).


• Employee Assistance Program.


• Collaborative office space, flexible work schedule with hybrid and/or work-from-home arrangements for qualified positions.


• Complimentary snacks and drinks, and occasionally lunch on-site.


• Free gym and bike parking on-site.


• Fun, energizing, highly collaborative environment in which each team member has the opportunity to make an impact.

The base salary range for this position is $130,000-$175,000 plus equity and comprehensive benefits. Our salary ranges are determined by role and experience level. The range reflects the minimum and maximum target for new hire salaries for the position in the noted geographic area. Within the range, individual pay is determined by additional factors, including job-related skills, experience, and relevant education or training.

Metalenz is committed to a diverse and inclusive workplace. Metalenz is an equal opportunity employer and does not discriminate based upon race, religion, color, national origin, sex (including pregnancy, childbirth, or related medical conditions), sexual orientation, gender, gender identity, gender expression, transgender status, sexual stereotypes, age, status as a protected veteran, status as an individual with a disability, or other applicable legally protected characteristics. We are committed to providing reasonable accommodations for candidates with disabilities in our recruiting process. If you need any assistance or accommodations due to a disability, please let your recruiter know.

To all recruitment agencies: Metalenz does not accept agency resumes. Please do not forward resumes to our employees. Metalenz is not responsible for any fees related to unsolicited resumes.