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Senior Optical Engineer
| Company | Anduril |
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| Location | Lexington, MA, USA |
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| Salary | $154000 – $231000 |
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| Type | Full-Time |
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| Degrees | Bachelor’s |
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| Experience Level | Senior |
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Requirements
- BS in Engineering required with a concentration in Optics
- 5+ years of experience with complex opto-mechanical systems, performing optical system design, analysis, alignment and test in the workforce
- Expertise with optical design and analysis software, preferably Zemax
- Experience with STOP (Structural, Thermal, and Optical Performance) analysis
- Knowledge of image quality metrics and data analysis methods
- Experience with the design of diffraction limited imaging systems in dynamic environments
- Eligible to obtain and maintain an active U.S. Secret security clearance
Responsibilities
- Lead architecture decisions, optical trades for novel optical systems for broadly defined missions
- Design lenses and optical components for high performance imaging systems
- Understand and define optical performance requirements given multi-disciplinary engineering constraints
- Design and tolerance complex visible to infrared optical systems to meet performance requirements for ground & airborne applications
- Develop and review test setups, procedures, and data to transition products and systems from R&D to production
- Evaluate and analyze prototype and production optical system performance errors to determine root cause
- Work independently and collaborate with senior staff and leadership to solve interdisciplinary technical problems by serving as the Optical Engineering subject matter expert
Preferred Qualifications
- MS or PhD preferred, but not required
- Demonstrated first principles approach to complex opto-mechanical problems
- Optical component testing experience (spectral transmission, interferometry, etc.), optical system alignment and testing (EE, MTF, PSF, etc.), and opto-electrical system modeling
- Demonstrated experience in the integration, test, and performance requirements verification and validation of optical systems
- Experience with radiometry and stray light analysis
- Demonstrated team leadership experience and mentoring of junior staff
- Knowledge of common materials used in optical systems and limitations of fabrication methods of optics (molded, polished, diamond turned) as well as micro structures
