Rajiv Iyer

• Providing consulting servies for optical system design, analysis, troubleshooting, and characterization in optical communications and consumer electronics.

Led the optical development of 3 new projector platforms from concept to production viability

• Hydra Projector – Remote Light Source System: Developed POC remote light source using fiber bundle. Cut volume and power consumption by 90%, with improved brightness and color uniformity.
• Sapphire® 4K40-RGBH – Enterprise Hybrid Projector: Optical Lead of Christie's first 40klm hybrid RGB + phosphor projector. Resolved critical vendor spectral issues affecting 3D performance.
• Daybreak – Flagship Cinema Projector: Optical Lead for Christie's first 20klm hybrid RGB + phosphor projector. Corrected Scheimpflug and field-tilt errors, improving efficiency and screen brightness.

Led 5 V&V programs to successful completion

• Technical Coordinator and Verification & Validation (V&V) Lead for two drone gimbaled camera payloads and three optical systems on SkyRanger R70 UAS
• Implemented optical metrology methods for: FOV, focus, image quality, and boresight

Optical Lead of "Focals" from Design to NPI

• Led prescription lens integration and system-level optical alignment and testing
• Improved display performance and yield (>40%) through Monte Carlo tolerance analysis

Optical Lead for high-speed 100 Gb/s DP-QPMZ TOSA

• Co-developed novel empirically-based Structural Thermal Optical Performance analysis methodology

Led Silicon Optical Bench from Design to Production

• Designed and delivered turnkey automated Silicon Wafer Measurement Station with ±90 nm accuracy
  

Developed manufacturing processes for 12-channel VCSEL multimode transceiver modules

• Fiber coupling, ferrule assembly, active alignment

Developed many optical telecom switching products

• ROADM/WSS, 32×32 MOXIE switch, NxN protection switches, polarization controller, DWDM equalizer.