At Alcon, we're passionate about enhancing sight and helping people see brilliantly. With more than 25,000 associates, we innovate fearlessly, champion progress, and act swiftly to impact global eye health. We foster an inclusive culture, recognizing your contributions and offering opportunities to grow your career like never before. Together, we make a difference in the lives of our patients and customers. Are you ready to join us?

This role is part of Alcon's Engineering function, a team focused on dedicated to improving quality, processes, products, packaging, and materials—focuses on designing, modeling, analyzing, and testing optical, electro‑optical, and opto‑mechanical systems such as sensors, lasers, fiber‑optics, and telecommunications components. The position involves researching physical and geometric optics, lasers, and broadband sources; developing specifications, tolerances, simulations, and test procedures; and using design‑to‑cost and Six Sigma methods to ensure requirements are met. You will also support studies of light behavior, material interactions, and imaging performance, assist in simulations, validate prototypes, and optimize optical components.

A typical day consists of:

• Deliver ophthalmic designs and ancillary deliverables using state-of-the-art mechanical and optical design systems and methods

• Effective collaboration with project leads, functional managers, cross-franchise SMEs, clinicians and MTO to support R&D targets and project milestones

• Collaborates with peers, internal customers and 3rd party suppliers to define design specifications and tolerances

• Ability to advance innovative designs from research through product launch

• Internal interaction requires interpretation of complex information; external interaction mainly requires exchange of information. Audience may be outside own area and unfamiliar with the technology

• Applies engineering principles to the research and development of medical device/science/technology and/or provide engineering expertise to support development projects

• Requires awareness of the workings of the business beyond own team and some familiarity with the external environment as it affects own part of the organization

What You’ll Bring to Alcon:

• Bachelor’s Degree or Equivalent years of directly related experience (or high school +10 yrs; Assoc.+6 yrs; M.S.+0 yrs)

• The ability to fluently read, write, understand and communicate in English

• 2 Years of Relevant Experience

Preferred Qualifications:

• Optical Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, Biomedical Engineering or Physics background preferred

• Expert level CAD experience (CREO preferred)

• Analytical skills, including data analysis using tools such as MATLAB and Minitab

• Optical design (ZEMAX preferred)

• Knowledge of ISO, FDA, MDD and regulations applicable to the design and development of medical device/science/technology

• Optical fabrication and optical metrology instrumentation, such as imaging applications, interferometers, surface profiling, etc.

• Software development experience desired but not required

• FEA experience desired but not required

• PLM experience desired but not required

• This position can be offered at the Engineer to Principal Engineer level, based on the candidate’s experience and qualifications.

How You Can Thrive at Alcon:

• Join Alcon’s mission to provide outstanding, innovative products and solutions to improve sight, improve lives, and grow your career!

• Alcon provides robust benefits package including health, life, retirement, flexible time off, and much more!

• Travel Requirements: 5-10%

• Relocation assistance: Yes

• Sponsorship available: Yes

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