Optical Engineer - R&D M/W/X

About the company:

Our client is a leading international glass company. It has 50,000 employees worldwide, 14,000 of whom are in Europe. The European branch produces and processes flat glass for the construction industry, the automotive industry and for various high-tech applications.

You work in the research and innovation department, which has 280 staff members, mainly engineers and laboratory technicians.

Joining our client means you will:

• Work for a cutting-edge company in its sector.
• Integrate a company with an open mindset and a leadership style that promotes autonomy.
• Benefit from an open communication and an accessible CEO.
• Be listened to: all employees can submit their innovative business ideas through a proven process.
• Have a real work-life balance with 40 days of annual leave.
• Grow and evolve with the best and brightest in your industry, through in-house training and mobility opportunities.

In short, you will join a company that you will never want to leave.

Why we need you:

The company recruits because it invests in research, mainly in the automotive sector and more precisely in the Electronic Sensor department. It needs you to carry out new projects with them.

What you will do:

You will be based at the Technovation Centre near Brussels (Belgium) where research and development, engineering and intellectual property activities are centralized under one roof with 280 staff members. Specifically, you will join the Electronic Sensors department - a team of approximately 13 researchers and technicians who are passionate about glass solutions related to autonomous driving, head-up display, and automotive electronics.

You will have 2 missions:

• Support the production plants and R&D developments in different machine vision projects. This involves putting together inspection solutions involving mechanics, lighting, cameras, software, image processing.
• Take part in a team and lead the optical aspects (design, simulation) of the integration of an optical sensor behind a windshield.
  Design and prototyping aiming to launch a new product.

You’ll know the mission is successful if in a year’s time you’ve...

Carried out the project and launched a new product.

Don’t wait any longer, apply:

• You are an optical engineer.
• You have a minimum of 2 years of relevant professional experience in optical sensors (camera, Lidar, ...) or you have done an academic work on the subject.
• You are fluent in English (essential). Knowledge of French is a plus.
• You understand that a researcher’s job is more than sitting behind a screen or running experiments in the labs. You have a strong affinity with industrial and operational processes and enjoy being on the field.
• You are willing to work in a team, in interaction with other researchers, technicians (bachelors and industrial engineers) and operators.
• You can elaborate, test, and propose new measurement concepts autonomously.
• You have project management, planning and organizational skills.
• You are ready to travel.

Our offer:

An attractive salary with benefits:

• Car (from 3 years’ experience) or mobility bonus
• Representation cost 145€ /month gross
• Lunch vouchers of 8€/day gross
• Ecocheques
• Various bonuses
• culture cheque
• Group insurance
• Hospital insurance
• Laptop computer
• I phone with subscription
• 40 days holiday

How we process applications?

First, you will have an initial online interview with the recruiter, then an interview with HR and your manager, followed by a final interview with a short practical case. If all goes well, the company will make you an offer.

Send us your personal resume and 3 availabilities for a potential interview