Senior Optical Engineer
$115,000–$165,000 year
On-site · Tucson, Arizona, United States
Job Summary
Senior Optical Engineer to design, model, and optimize optical subsystems for directed energy systems. You will work on beam train assemblies, beam directors, beam steering, pointing, and stabilization systems; perform tolerance and sensitivity analyses; collaborate with control software teams to implement precision beam pointing and tracking; integrate gimbal mounts, fast steering mirrors, deformable mirrors, and mechatronic actuators; incorporate optical sensors for tracking; apply machine vision and AI/ML techniques for tracking; build R&D breadboards, prototypes, and validate performance; and contribute to integration of subsystems with the overall platform while troubleshooting during testing and production.
Required Qualifications
- Bachelor's or Master's in Optical Engineering, Physics, Electrical Engineering, or a related field
- 5+ years' experience in optical engineering, or closely related disciplines
- Hands-on experience with the design and constructions of beam directors and optical control systems
- Extensive experience with high accuracy beam steering and target tracking
- In-depth knowledge and understanding of laser beam propagation and optical system design in general, and specifically high energy, ultrashort pulse beam delivery
- Experience using software tools for modelling optical systems such as Zemax, OpticStudio, Code V, LightTools, etc.
- Demonstrated laboratory skills with opto-mechanical setups, optical alignment techniques, and diagnostic tools and equipment
- An understanding of component and sub-system performance under various environmental conditions and the combined effect on system-level performance
- S. Citizenship with the ability to obtain and maintain a DoD security clearance
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