Senior Optomechanical Engineer
Core
Design and build robust optomechanical assemblies for counter-drone sensor heads (cameras, thermal imagers, rangefinders) that maintain alignment and image quality under weapon recoil, shock, vibration, and extreme temperature variations.
Role type
Senior hands-on IC optomechanical engineer
Builds
Robust optical subsystems, sensor heads, and sealed housings for edge-deployed counter-drone platforms
Domain
Defense / Aerospace / Optomechanics
Required skills
kinematic and flexure mount design, athermalization and CTE matching, shock and vibration analysis, sealed housing design, optical tolerance and error budgeting, FEA (modal/structural/thermal), GD&T, hands-on alignment and testing
Preferred skills
weapon-mounted optics experience, infrared optics integration, STOP analysis, laser rangefinder systems
Technologies
Zemax OpticStudio, Code V, Sigmadyne SigFit, MIL-STD-810, autocollimators, interferometry
Responsibilities
Design kinematic mounts and sealed housings for optical sensors; perform athermalization calculations and material selection; conduct shock/vibration testing and modal analysis; develop alignment procedures and fixtures; manage vendor qualification and assembly processes; support field testing and iteration
Seniority
Senior, hands-on IC