Eric Stratton

About Eric Stratton

Enthusiastic optical engineer with 10+ years of experience designing HUD/HWD/HMDs for commercial and military aviation. Focused on novel near-eye optical system design and desire to combine experience with collaboration as a part of an engineering team to utilize a strong interdisciplinary technical skillset. Passionate learner with knowledge encompassing geometrical, physical, and diffractive optics. Excellent team player, capable of working independently, goal-oriented, and a pursuer of novel technologies and techniques.Specialties: Optical system design including architecture and requirements development, sequential and non-sequential analysis, diffractive optics, testing and metrology, and project management.Skillset- Optical design and tolerance analysis with Zemax- Stray light analysis and illumination design with TracePro, LightTools, and FRED- RCWA modeling with Matlab- Precision lens design, including diffractive optics, off-axis and decentered optics, polarization management, and waveguide design- Radiometric modeling analysis and predictions- Experience designing to NVIS compatibilityProjects include- Illumination, projection, relay, collimation, and waveguide optics for use in Head-Up Display (HUD), Head-Worn Display (HWD), and Head-Mounted Display (HMD) Lab experience in- Opto-mechanical design and build- Optical metrology, interferometry, spectrometry, and radiometry

Experience

1. Optical Systems Engineer

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   Mar 2022 — Present · Redmond, WA, US

Education

• University of Arizona

  B.S., Engineering Management

  2006 — 2011

• University of Arizona

  B.S., Optical Engineering

  2006 — 2010

Skills

• Laser
• Systems Engineering
• Systems Design
• Microsoft Office
• Optics
• Microsoft Excel
• Code Writing
• Engineering
• Electro-Optics
• Codes
• Zemax
• Optical Engineering
• Engineering Management
• Sensors
• Labview
• Interferometry
• Semiconductors
• Testing