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April 8, 2026
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Optical Sensors Engineer, Health

Mountain View, CA
Full-time
Onsite
$132K/yr - $189K/yr
Entry, Mid Level
Google is at the forefront of creating and bringing to market cutting-edge sensing systems for its Consumer Hardware. The Optical Sensors Engineer will collaborate across teams to shape the technical vision, focusing on pioneering, designing, validating, and integrating sensors for health applications.
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Responsibilities

  • Design wearable optical prototypes for new health sensing applications
  • Perform optical benchtop testing, debugging and root case analysis
  • Perform human trial experiments and signal analysis
  • Perform rapid prototyping, optical testing, and optical/physiological signal analysis
  • Drive sensors through product development cycles

Qualification

Required

  • Bachelor's degree in Electrical Engineering, Computer Engineering, Computer Science, Physics, or a specialized field (e.g., Optics, Sensors, Audio/DSP, etc.), or equivalent practical experience
  • 2 years of experience working on sensor design

Preferred

  • Master's degree or PhD in Electrical Engineering, Computer Engineering, Physics, or a related field (e.g., Optics, Sensors, Audio/DSP)
  • Experience with modeling and simulation of optical systems
  • Experience in one or more of the following areas: optical simulations, hardware and sensor design (e.g., prototyping new sensors and development platforms to enable capturing novel and interesting measurements for our users.), system-level sensor tolerance modeling, analysis, and optimization
  • Comfortable rapidly prototyping hardware and experimental setups

Benefits

  • Bonus
  • Equity
  • Benefits
Google specializes in internet-related services and products, including search, advertising, and software. It is a sub-organization of Alphabet.
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