Competitive Pay – We offer a solid salary, with plenty of upside along with company success.
đź“Ť Rotterdam, NL | Full-time | On-site đź•’ Experience: At least 3 Years of Experience
🧠Background: Materials Science and Engineering We're building the future of smart glasses—and we need curious minds to help shape it. At our Rotterdam headquarters, we're developing a proprietary manufacturing process for prescription lenses tailored for Augmented Reality and smart eyewear. We’re a small, focused team solving one of the hardest challenges in wearable tech: delivering high-precision, thin, and scalable lens systems that work seamlessly with AR displays. We are looking to grow our R&D Team—the core group responsible for prototyping, custom builds for customers, and solving the technical challenges that come with being first.
🚀 What You’ll Be Doing
- You will design, establish, and execute a controlled laboratory environment for the preparation, casting, and curing of solution-based multi-component materials, ensuring repeatable procedures, safety compliance, and process validation.
Tasks:
- Run Trial Experiments from A to Z
- Validate the reliability and reproducibility of the casting method with new materials
- Compare experimental outputs against control samples
- Document process parameters, deviations, and outcomes
🧠What We’re Looking For
- A solid technical foundation (e.g.chemical engineering, process Engineering or similar).
- At least 3 years of hands-on experience with running materials experiments and setting up stuctured operating procedures
- Run projects independently, collaborate with suppliers
- The ability to bring structure to complex technical challenges
🌱 What You’ll Get
- A Hard Challenge – We’re building something that doesn’t exist yet. It’s deep-tech with real-world impact.
- Ownership – You’ll have real influence on the product, the process, and how we grow as a team.
- Growth – As we expand globally, you’ll be part of the team setting the standard for what comes next.
- Competitive Pay – We offer a solid salary, with plenty of upside along with company success.
You’ll help shape products used by the next generation of AR devices—and be part of a team doing something no one else is doing (yet).
Interested?
Are you enthusiastic? Send your motivation letter and CV to us via hr@addoptics.com
Perks & benefits
Competitive Salary
We offer a competitive salary package with regular performance-based reviews and opportunities for advancement as you grow with our expanding company.
Innovation Culture
Work in an environment that values creative thinking and innovation, with regular creative sessions for everyone to explore new ideas.
Vacation
Enjoy generous vacation time with our flexible time-off policy. Take the breaks you need to recharge while maintaining your work responsibilities.
Team Events
Regular team-building activities, social events, and an annual company retreat to foster strong collaborative relationships across departments.
Applying for the role
To apply for this exciting opportunity, please submit your application through the form below.
Alternatively, you can contact our HR Manager at hr@addoptics.com for more information about the position or application process. Your application should include your resume/CV and a short motivation message explaining why you're interested in joining AddOptics and how your skills align with this position.