Meta-Optics Intern Summer 2027

Required

• Currently engaged in PhD in Physics, Applied Physics, Applied Mathematics, or relevant field and/or demonstrated excellence in relevant technical domains through open source contributions or publications
• Technical background in metasurface physics/optimization, diffractive optics, or computational electromagnetics
• Comfort working with high-performance computing environments, especially Julia and AWS, or willingness to learn.
• Experience with MATLAB/Python or commercial/open-source E&M software such as Lumerical, CST Studio, Tidy3D, or MEEP encouraged
• Eagerness to propose, develop, and test new design and analysis techniques
• Metalenz is driving innovation in optics with metasurface technology, providing image sensing solutions that deliver unprecedented insights to mass market machine vision, enabling advanced sensing and transformative applications to proliferate where compact size & cost-efficient integration is a must for widespread adoption. As the leaders in commercialization, Metalenz innovation has enabled the shift of optics production into the semiconductor foundry, leveraging existing infrastructure and proven manufacturing processes. More than 300 million of the company’s optics have been integrated into consumer devices, replacing conventional lens stacks for compact 3D sensing and resulting in the creation of a rapidly growing metasurface market as use cases rapidly expand.
• We are a fast-growing, dynamic company with a vibrant startup culture. Our deeply technical and creative team is dedicated to developing groundbreaking technologies that bring new ways of seeing and sensing to billions of people. We foster a workplace that values autonomy, encourages innovation, and supports career growth, giving you the opportunity to take ownership of impactful projects and grow with us.
• Work with consumer electronic OEMs to commercialize metasurface optics
• Design next-generation optical systems for emerging consumer applications like 3D sensing
• Apply a modern software stack and cutting-edge developments in computing to greenfield areas in optical system design
• Support internal fabrication and metrology with custom in-house software