Optical engineer

Without them, we’d have no DVDs, barcodes, telescopes, fibre optic (meaning no ultra-fast broadband... can you imagine!). Put simply, the technical applications of an optical engineer’s work are endless.

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Fun fact

In the late 19th century, Dr August Müller developed a prototype for contact lenses made of glass. You could only wear them for around half an hour and to put them on, you had to inject cocaine into your eyeballs and submerge your head in water to avoid air bubbles... sounds easy enough!

Skills

Hard skills

  • Engineering principles
  • Optical glass characteristics
  • Optics
  • Optical equipment standards
  • Design drawings
  • Mathematics
  • Optical components
  • Optical manufacturing process

Soft skills

  • Human projection
  • Negotiation
  • Written communication

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