Optical Engineer jobs in 2026 — required skills, demand trends, and top hiring cities
As of 2026-08-29, Skillenai has indexed 1 job postings with the title “Optical Engineer” over the past 90 days. The skill mentioned most often is graphical user interfaces.
Last updated · 90d ending 2026-08-29
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+How many Optical Engineer jobs are being posted in 2026?
Skillenai has indexed 1 job postings with the title “Optical Engineer” over the 90 days ending 2026-08-29.
+What skills do Optical Engineer jobs require?
Across Optical Engineer postings indexed by Skillenai over the 90 days ending 2026-08-29, the skills mentioned most often are graphical user interfaces, Python, data acquisition, real-time decision-making, Optical filter design.
+Which cities are hiring the most Optical Engineer?
As of 2026-08-29, Optical Engineer postings indexed by Skillenai are concentrated in San Francisco.
+Is Optical Engineer a good career path right now?
Skillenai indexes 1 Optical Engineer postings over the 90 days ending 2026-08-29. The skill mentioned most often in Optical Engineer postings is graphical user interfaces, so building it gives the strongest signal that an applicant matches the role.
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Weekly Optical Engineer postings — last 90 days
Skills most often required for Optical Engineer
| Name | Postings | Share |
|---|---|---|
| graphical user interfaces | 1 | 100.0% |
| Python | 1 | 100.0% |
| data acquisition | 1 | 100.0% |
| real-time decision-making | 1 | 100.0% |
| Optical filter design | 1 | 100.0% |
| adaptive decision-making | 1 | 100.0% |
| state-control | 1 | 100.0% |
| control software | 1 | 100.0% |
| Thermal engineering | 1 | 100.0% |
| electronics integration | 1 | 100.0% |
| C/C++ | 1 | 100.0% |
| sensor interfacing | 1 | 100.0% |
| data layer control | 1 | 100.0% |
| fluidics | 1 | 100.0% |
| mechanical design | 1 | 100.0% |
Top metros hiring Optical Engineer
| Name | Postings | Share |
|---|---|---|
| San Francisco | 1 | 100.0% |
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How this was computed
Counts derive from the Skillenai jobs index over the 90 days ending 2026-08-29, matching postings whose canonical role is “Optical Engineer”. Pages refresh weekly (or daily for the top-50 most-posted roles).
- role
- Optical Engineer
- source
- Skillenai jobs index, deduplicated daily
- data_as_of
- 2026-08-29
- window_days
- 90
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