Datacolor is a global leader in color management solutions, helping businesses and professionals achieve consistent, accurate color across industries.
We develop innovative instruments, software, and services that enhance the precision, performance, and efficiency of color-critical workflows for customers in over 100 countries across Europe, the Americas, and Asia.
At Datacolor, we are a collaborative and innovation-driven company where technology and creativity intersect - and we continue to grow.
If you're passionate about innovation and collaboration and want to make a meaningful impact in a global organization, we’d love to hear from you.
Learn more at www.datacolor.com
To support our business, we are looking for a system engineer.
Position Summary:
This role serves as a key technical role in strengthening local system capability, de-risking critical technical assumptions through applied research, and enabling successful transition from feasibility to production scale-up.
This role serves as a key technical role for driving system coherence, de-risking critical technical assumptions through applied research, and enabling successful transition from feasibility to production scale-up.
Essential Duties and Responsibilities:
In this role you will:
- Define system architecture, performance targets for spectrometer and color measurement instruments
- Translate product requirements into subsystem specifications across optics, electronics, mechanics, and firmware
- Own system-level technical execution to accelerate development progress
- Lead system trade-off analysis (performance, cost, manufacturability) and drive system-level risk identification and mitigation
- Conduct applied research, exploratory feasibility studies, and proof-of-concept investigations to validate critical technical assumptions and de-risk early-stage development challenges
- Design and optimize spectrometer optical subsystems, including illumination, gratings, filters, detectors, and opto-mechanical integration
- Perform optical simulation, tolerance analysis, noise and stray light evaluation to ensure system robustness
- Develop and execute system and optical validation strategies, including integration testing and production ramp readiness
- Support calibration strategy and system performance optimization at requirements and verification level
- Collaborate closely with Research, Hardware, Firmware, Operations to ensure successful product industrialization
- Support regulatory and compliance validation activities
- Document system decisions, specifications, technical trade-offs and validation results to maintain technical clarity
- Provide technical guidance to junior engineers when applicable
Experience & Qualification
You have:
- S. or M.S degree in Optical Engineering or related field
- Minimum 5+ years of experience in optical or precision instrument development
- Experience in system architecture definition and requirement decomposition
- Experience conducting exploratory development, feasibility studies, or proof-of-concept investigations
- Experience designing and integrating optical components, detectors, and light sources (spectrometer experience is a plus)
- Experience in system-level verification planning and execution
- Experience modeling theoretical optical system performance and validating through hands-on testing
- Experience supporting NPI and production transfer
- Strong documentation and cross-functional communication skills
- Experience with tools such as Zemax, MATLAB, Python, SolidWorks is a plus
- Strong analytical mindset with system-level thinking capability
- Strong problem-solving skills and ability to work independently and in a team environment.
Our Core Values:
Learn, understand and live the Datacolor Core Values of Customer Focus, Execution, Ownership, Teamwork, Learning, Ethics, and Passion.
Our Core Competences
We believe Communication, Adaptability and Problem Solving are core competencies that all our employees consistently demonstrate.
Your Benefits:
Datacolor is committed to rewarding your dedication with an attractive compensation package. We offer an environment that fosters personal and professional growth, where your ideas matter. Our flat hierarchy ensures easy access to everyone, promoting collaboration and innovation.
Interested:
- Want to work in a company focused on innovative color management solutions?
- Looking for flexibility and autonomy in a global and diverse company?
- Want to be able to make daily connections with people all over the globe?
- Do you want to work in an open and informal atmosphere where your personal input is valuable?
Do not hesitate and join Datacolor if the answer is yes! Apply through www.datacolor.com/careers
Datacolor is an Equal Opportunity Employer.
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