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Put AI where the glass is
Foceon is a small team building physical AI for a real industry. If you want your models to move machines and figure optics, not just fill a feed, this is the work.
Physical AI, on real machines
We build perception that reads interferograms, models that predict how glass responds, a twin that simulates the next move, and controls that act inside hard interlocks. It is hard, tangible engineering with a customer on the other end.
You will work close to the floor, measured by whether optics actually converge to spec.
Roles we hire for
Metrology & vision
Turn interferometry, profilometry, and vision into surface state at the edge.
Optics twin
Build the physics-grade model that predicts removal, spectrum, and wedge.
Agents & actuation
Design bounded, interlock-aware control for real machines.
Deployment engineering
Stand Foceon up inside fabs and make it work on their glass.
What the job actually looks like
Two things define working here: proximity to the machine and responsibility for the outcome.
Close to the glass
You will sit with interferograms and removal maps and real optics, not abstractions. The feedback loop is a measured surface.
- Real metrology, real parts
- Ship to a live fab
- Measured on convergence
Own the outcome
Small team, real ownership. You take a problem from perception to action and see it change a yield number.
- End-to-end ownership
- Direct customer impact
- No busywork
You will fit if you
- Want your models to move machines
- Respect craft and want to scale it
- Like tangible, measurable problems
- Ship working software over slideware
- Are comfortable near a shop floor
- Care that the optic actually meets spec
How we operate
How hiring works
Introduce yourself
Send us what you have built and what you want to build.
Talk to the team
A conversation about the work and how you think.
Work a real problem
A practical exercise close to what the job is.
Meet the fab
See the floor Foceon runs on before you decide.
If you want the shortest path from a model you wrote to a surface it figured, build it here.
Foceon careers
Words you will use here
- Removal map
- Where and how much material a pass takes off.
- Wavefront
- The measured surface error, in waves.
- Interlock
- A hard safety limit on machine action.
- Twin
- The simulation that validates a move before it runs.
Careers questions
Do I need optics experience?
No. We hire strong engineers and teach the optics; domain curiosity matters most.
Where is the team?
We work close to customer fabs; specifics depend on the role.
Is there open roles list?
Reach out and tell us where you fit; we scope roles to strong people.
Come build physical AI
Tell us what you want to build and we will find where you fit.