San Francisco, California, United States · On-site
About Becoming Becoming is building Developmental Intelligence: AI for predicting how organisms change over time. Most experimental systems fail when metabolic demands become too high. We are building systems that don’t …
Skills: Optical Path Architecture, Component Selection, Mechanical Integration, Electrical Integration, Signal-to-Noise Optimization
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Architect and own the end-to-end design of production-grade optical subsystems within an integrated hardware platform. This includes managing illumination, detection, and signal optimization while ensuring long-term stability and manufacturability.
Requires a degree in optics, physics, electrical engineering, or equivalent depth with experience shipping integrated optical systems. Candidates must demonstrate a first-principles understanding of detection physics and the ability to integrate optics with mechanical and electrical platforms.
Becoming is building Developmental Intelligence: AI for predicting how organisms change over time.
Most experimental systems fail when metabolic demands become too high. We are building systems that don’t — by combining engineered metabolic environments, sensing, control, and software into tightly integrated products that operate reliably over long time horizons.
Hardware is core to our platform. It must work continuously, predictably, and under real biological constraints.
The RoleWe are hiring an Optics Engineer to architect and own optical subsystems within Becoming’s integrated hardware platform.
This is a senior builder role. You will design stable, production-grade optical systems that integrate tightly with mechanical structures, electronics, firmware, and data systems — and you will be accountable for their real-world performance.
This is not a research imaging role. You will think in terms of alignment stability, signal integrity, manufacturability, and long-duration runtime.
You will define specifications, make architecture decisions, and own outcomes.
What You’ll OwnYou are someone who:
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Developmental Intelligence: AI for predicting how organisms change over time
Developmental Intelligence: AI for predicting how organisms change over time.
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