Stephen Cool
Sr. Optical Engineer at Apple
Cupertino, California, United States
Summary
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Top SchoolStephen Cool is a senior optical engineer with 11+ years of experience translating thin-film research into robust manufacturing at companies including Apple, Seagate, and display startups. He combines deep hands-on expertise in vacuum deposition (IBD, PVD, CVD, MBE), optical coating design, and materials characterization (XPS, SIMS, SEM, XRD, AFM, and magnetic probes) with proven process engineering skills—DOE, Six Sigma, FMEA, and SPC—to scale R&D into high-yield production. His career includes leading major equipment acquisitions and integrations, developing patented phosphors and sputtering/anneal processes, and shepherding GMR head technology into volume manufacturing. Colleagues trust him as a dependable project leader who mentors technicians and engineers while tackling unfamiliar challenges. Based in Cupertino, he pairs practical shop-floor savvy (wirebonding, equipment design, tool calibration) with a curiosity for novel materials and travel-driven perspectives.
11 years of coding experience
10 years of employment as a software developer
M.Sc., Experimental Condensed Matter Physics, M.Sc., Experimental Condensed Matter Physics at McMaster UniversityBurnaby Central Secondary SchoolB.Sc., Physics, B.Sc., Physics at Simon Fraser University
English, French, Japanese
Github Skills (64)
webgl10
javascript10
augmented-reality10
canvas10
virtual-reality10
facebook10
svg10
3d10
testing9
rendering9
react-component9
webxr9
styled-components9
css9
spring-boot9
Programming languages (4)
Github contributions (5)
coolgod/reading-list
Nov 2017 - Aug 2022
Contributions:39 commits, 52 pushes, 1 branch in 4 years 10 months
coolgod/learn-everything
Apr 2018 - Feb 2026
My playground.
Contributions:1 PR, 62 pushes, 1 branch in 7 years 11 months
playground
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