Senior Optical Design Engineer
Leidos
- El Cajon, CA
- $101,400-183,300 per year
- Permanent
- Full-time
- Leverage expertise in optics design and new optics technologies to analyze trades in performance and size, weight, and power for satellite optical payloads.
- Utilize modeling tools to develop insights in co-design of different optical technologies in a single optical payload.
- Collaborate with optical designers and team mates to evaluate and mature optics technologies, and develop a pipeline to transition them to production and integration into optical payloads.
- Contribute to developing a roadmap of novel imaging technologies for future space systems, and explore nascent concepts.
- Bachelor's degree in Engineering, Physics, Optics, or equivalent field with 8–12 years, Master’s degree with 6-10 years of prior relevant experience or Doctorate with 4+ years of prior relevant experience.
- Must be a U.S Citizen.
- Qualified candidates must be able to obtain a Secret security clearance (no clearance needed to start).
- Expertise in performance evaluations of optical components, including point spread functions (PSFs), modulation transfer functions (MTFs), encircled power, etc.
- Experience with fabrication and characterization of optics, including diffractive/meta-optics.
- Proficient experience with finite element-based design tools such as COMSOL, CST, or Lumerical.
- Proficient experience with optical design tools such as Zemax or Code V.
- Proficient in Windows.
- Excellent communication skills and proven ability to work directly with customers and deliver results.
- Mission oriented with a strong ability guide a team towards goals and deliver real world products.
- Proficient with technical writing, documentation, and organization.
- Robust sense of initiative, a self-starter who can work independently.
- Active Secret security clearance.
- Master's and Ph.D. degrees in Engineering, Physics, Optics, or equivalent field are preferred.
- Experience in developing hybrid optical systems with novel optical components.
- Experience in proposal development and business development.