Senior Optical Engineer
Optical engineering
from concept
to validated product.
Fifteen years across LED luminaires, automotive illumination, UV-C applications, photometry, automation, and manufacturable optical systems.
Product-focused optical development spanning requirements, simulation, prototyping, measurement, certification support, supplier collaboration, and production validation.
01 / Impact
Engineering impact in measurable systems.
Selected public metrics from product development, validation, automation, certification, and platform work.
Architectural luminaire NPDL projects
Optical design, validation, and manufacturable light-engine development.
Point-source luminaire projects
Portfolio improvements across efficiency, cost, beam quality, and supplier flexibility.
Prototypes and simulation models
Physical prototypes, optical simulations, and benchmark studies used to validate concepts and guide product decisions.
Automotive instrument cluster projects
Illumination design and validation work across premium instrument cluster programs.
IP submissions
Optical and mechanical invention-disclosures.
Efficiency and automation mindset
Consistent focus on reducing manual effort through measurement automation, reporting workflows, data processing, Power Automate, and AI-assisted working methods.
02 / Timeline + Product Work
Career chapters tied to product families.
One chronological view connecting employers, roles, public project themes, and product names without using product photography.
August 2011 - September 2015
GE Hungary Kft / LED Optical Engineer
Scalable LED board platform and early LED luminaires
Optical support for early LED luminaire product families, platform scaling, cost reduction, development-time reduction, and mentoring.
- Lumination BR Series
- Lumination BT Series
- Lumination Blade
- Lumination IS Series
- Brio LED luminaire
- Public outcome
- Reduced development time by 10-15% and product cost by 5-10%.
September 2015 - March 2017
Robert Bosch Kft / Illumination Design Engineer
Premium automotive instrument cluster illumination
Illumination design and validation for indicators, displays, dials, pointers, warning signals, color targets, intensity targets, and automated checks.
- BMW instrument cluster programs
- Audi instrument cluster programs
- Bentley instrument cluster programs
- Porsche instrument cluster programs
- Public outcome
- Supported two instrument cluster NPD projects and validation across premium vehicle programs.
March 2017 - February 2022
Signify Hungary Kft / Lead Optical Engineer
Point-source optics and UV-C upper-air fixtures
Portfolio improvements across efficiency, cost, beam quality, supplier flexibility, UV-C safety requirements, radiometric measurement, and simulation approaches.
- StyliD Evo
- StoreSet Evo
- LuxSpace
- GreenSpace
- TrueFashion projector
- UV-C Upper-Air WM / SM / CM
- Public outcome
- 7+ point-source projects and two upper-air fixtures with supporting research methods.
February 2022 - May 2026
Signify Canada Ltd / Lead Optical Engineer
Architectural light-engine platforms and validation automation
Variant-specific optical architectures for supplier-developed light engines, production photometry workflows, prototype validation, DLC support, and IP submissions.
- Ledalite ArcForm Duo
- Ledalite Pique Duo
- Ledalite Shine Duo
- Ledalite SilkSpace Duo
- Ledalite DecoForm
- Ledalite TruGroove
- Public outcome
- 6+ architectural NPD projects, 100+ prototypes, 7 DLC applications, and approximately 10x faster reporting workflows.
03 / Systems
The working system behind the products.
A repeated engineering loop across products and roles. Translate constraints into optical targets, model the architecture, validate with calibrated measurements, and keep improving the way work gets done through automation, clearer reporting, and production feedback.
Constraint translation
Turn customer, regulatory, manufacturing, cost, and schedule constraints into optical targets for beam shape, uniformity, efficiency, CCT, glare, or UV-C safety.
Simulation strategy
Use optical and lighting models to compare architectures, study tolerances, align CAD constraints, and decide which concepts deserve physical prototypes.
Prototype loop
Build and compare 3D-printed samples, supplier samples, benchmark units, and fixture-level iterations before design decisions become expensive to change.
Measurement evidence
Use photometry, spectroradiometry, goniophotometry, integrating sphere data, luminance checks, CCT checks, and calibration-aware reporting to make decisions traceable.
Automation and efficiency
Actively remove repetitive work with LabVIEW tools, reporting templates, data processing, Power Automate, and AI-assisted workflows where they improve speed or consistency.
Production readiness
Feed results into DLC packages, end-of-line photometry, pass/fail limits, supplier feedback, technical documentation, and continuous improvement loops.
04 / Capability Map
Technical capability map.
Skills grouped by the way they contribute to validated optical products.
Optical and illumination
Optical design, LED lighting systems, luminaire development, point-source optics, UV-C irradiation, beam quality.
Measurement and validation
Photometry, spectrophotometry, goniophotometry, integrating sphere setups, calibration, production quality testing.
Mechanical and manufacturing
Tolerance analysis, design for manufacturability (DFM), thermal-mechanical considerations, root cause analysis, reliability testing
Design and simulation tools
LightTools, AGi32, DIALux, AutoCAD, Autodesk Inventor, SolidWorks, Solid Edge, CATIA V5.
Automation and data
LabVIEW, Power Automate, test automation, data processing, AI-assisted engineering workflows.
Product development
Prototyping, 3D printing, supplier collaboration, technical documentation, continuous improvement, Six Sigma.