Senior Optical Engineer
Core
Senior Optical Engineer owning stray light control, custom coating specification, and spectral filter development for infrared remote sensing instruments.
Role type
Senior IC optical engineer (infrared remote sensing)
Builds
Multispectral infrared remote sensing instruments for space applications
Domain
Aerospace / Infrared Optics / Remote Sensing
Deliverable
production ML models | product features
Required skills
Stray light analysis, Non-sequential ray tracing, Thin-film coating design, Vendor technical management, Metrology setup definition, Python/MATLAB scripting
Preferred skills
Cleanroom operations, Cryogenic material knowledge, Systems engineering
Technologies
FRED, LightTools, TFCalc, Essential Macleod, OptiLayer, Spectrophotometers, Scatterometers, Ellipsometers, Interferometers
Responsibilities
Perform comprehensive stray light analysis using FRED to quantify and mitigate out-of-field stray light, scatter, ghosting, and thermal self-emission. Specify and analyze custom optical coatings and surface treatments to maximize transmission/reflectance and manage environmental durability. Serve as the primary technical liaison with specialized optical component vendors. Drive R&D initiatives to advance internal capabilities in novel coating technologies and filter survivability in harsh environments. Define test plans using metrology setups to verify vendor deliverables and characterize component-level spectral and scatter performance. Partner with optical and mechanical designers to iterate and optimize baffle designs, surface finishes, and optomechanical layouts.
Seniority
Senior, hands-on IC