Optical Engineer

Avery Dennison Corporation (NYSE: AVY) is a global materials science and digital identification solutions company that provides a wide range of branding and information solutions that optimize labor and supply chain efficiency, reduce waste, advance sustainability, circularity and transparency, and better connect brands and consumers. Our products and solutions include labeling and functional materials, radio frequency identification (RFID) inlays and tags, software applications that connect the physical and digital, and a variety of products and solutions that enhance branded packaging and carry or display information that improves the customer experience. Serving an array of industries worldwide — including home and personal care, apparel, general retail, e-commerce, logistics, food and grocery, pharmaceuticals and automotive — we employ approximately 34,000 employees in more than 50 countries. Our reported sales in 2023 were $8.4 billion. Learn more at www.averydennison.com.

At Avery Dennison, some of the great benefits we provide are:

• Health & Wellness benefits starting on day 1 of employment
• Paid parental leave
• 401K eligibility
• Tuition reimbursement
• Employee Assistance Program eligibility / Health Advocate
• Paid vacation and Paid holidays

Avery Dennison's Reflective Solutions Division is seeking a creative, analytical Optical Engineer to join our R&D team in Niles, IL. This role will support the Senior Optical Engineer in developing and manufacturing retroreflective prismatic sheeting for the highway safety market.

About Avery Dennison Reflective Solutions:

Avery Dennison's Reflective Solutions Division develops and manufactures retroreflective prismatic sheeting for highway safety products such as highway sign sheeting and conspicuity tape. 

We have a Values based culture with a focus on team, safety, respect and caring for one another.

Join our team and contribute to the development of innovative solutions that enhance safety on the road.

Responsibilities include:

• Optical modeling and design

• Cube corner prism modeling

• Design of new prismatic sheeting types

• Selection and maintenance of commercial instrumentation for measurement of topography, retroreflectivity, and color

• Development and maintenance of custom instrumentation (hardware and software)

• Data analysis from modeling and measurement

• Bachelor's degree in Optics, Optical Engineering, Physics, Mechanical Engineering, Electrical Engineering, or a related field

• Master's or PhD preferred

• 4+ years of optics experience in industry and/or academic research setting

• Solid understanding of geometric optics, Fourier optics, and color theory

• Math proficiency (3D geometry, vector analysis, calculus, Fourier analysis)

• Technical programming skills, particularly in object-oriented programming (MATLAB preferred)

• Experience with sequential and nonsequential ray tracing preferred

• Experience with interferometry, photometry, colorimetry, microscopy, refractometry, and profilometry preferred

• Experience with stage/goniometer control preferred

• Data analysis skills using programming and spreadsheets (MATLAB and Excel preferred)

All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, sexual orientation, gender identity, disability, protected veteran status, or other protected status. EEOE/M/F/Vet/Disabled. All your information will be kept confidential according to EEO guidelines.

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