Job Title:  Design Engineer

Are you ready to collaborate with leading experts in optical engineering and contribute to the next level of precision and excellence?

At Zygo, your skills and insights will be integral to our core values of curiosity, collaboration, and persistence. For over 50 years, Zygo Corporation, headquartered in Middlefield, CT, has been a global leader in designing and manufacturing advanced optical metrology systems, ultra-precise optical components, and complex electro-optical systems and assemblies.

Join our team, where your expertise will drive cutting-edge solutions, address complex technical challenges, and uphold the highest standards of precision and safety.

As a Design Engineer, you will play a pivotal role in developing innovative solutions for optical and opto-mechanical systems. You will work independently and collaboratively to create comprehensive, economical designs that meet manufacturing, assembly, and testing requirements. Your contributions will ensure the highest quality and accuracy in design outputs, supporting Zygo’s commitment to excellence.

Key Responsibilities

• Develop and optimize designs for advanced optical metrology instruments and ultra-precise optical components
• Work independently on design projects, establishing product structures that meet manufacturing, assembly, and testing requirements
• Create solid models of complex, multi-level assemblies and ensure FEA, interference, and tolerance analyses are complete
• Recommend materials and assembly methods, performing necessary calculations in compliance with engineering standards
• Design and drafting. Proficent in creating complex 2D CAD drawings

Requirements and Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in mechanical engineering or related discipline
• 3–5 years of related work experience in design engineering.
• Experience in solid modeling and knowledge of standard drafting practices, GD&T, and configuration control.
• SolidWorks experience; exposure to optical/opto-mechanical design concepts is a plus.

Bring your passion, commitment, and curiosity to Zygo, where our values—curiosity, collaboration, persistence, confidence, problem-solving, and safety—guide every step of our journey. Grow with us as we work together to solve complex challenges, inspire confidence, and make our world a safer, better place.

Are you ready to expand the boundaries of possibility, simplify the complex, and embody the values that define our success?

We welcome your unique perspective and invite you to join us!

Due to the nature of Zygo's programs and products, applicants must have the legal right to work in the US and additionally must be legally authorized to access export-controlled information and source code.