Job Title : Senior Specialist, Optical Design Engineer
The experience expected from applicants, as well as additional skills and qualifications needed for this job are listed below.
Job Code : 15971
Job Location : Wilmington, MA
Job Schedule : 9 / 80
JobDescription :
L3Harris has an immediate opening for a Senior Optical Engineer at our office in Wilmington, MA to provide optical design and analysis support for space-based telescope systems.
Essential Functions and Skills :
- Support the development of optical technologies and architectural concepts to support the company’s current and new business opportunities
- Generate optical designs and perform analysis on advanced telescopes, calibrators, and unique optical test sets to meet project requirements and explore different optical trade spaces.
- Review system requirements and provide guidance to system engineering and program management.
- Develop and analyze optical budgets and performance sensitivities,including wavefront error, MTF, line of sight, throughput, jitter, etc
- Support optical component specification generation and review and provide optical modeling analysis, image simulation, and design / metrology support during system alignment, integration and testing.
- Collaborate with cross-disciplinary teams to achieve project objectives, demonstrating strong interpersonal skills and the ability to work well in a team setting.
- Excellent written and verbal communication skills to documenting processes, convey technical information, and facilitate effective teamwork.
- Interface with customers and senior management.
- Obtain security clearance.
Qualifications :
Bachelor’s Degree and minimum 6 years of prior relevant experience. Graduate Degree and a minimum of 4 years of prior related experience.
In lieu of a degree, minimum of 10 years of prior related experience.
- Experience with geometrical optics, imaging lens design, and optical component tolerancing.
- Background in sequential optical design and analysis software (CODEV or ZEMAX).
PreferredAdditionalSkills :
- Active DoD Secret security clearance.
- Background in telescope or remote sensing optical design for scientific or defense applications
- Stray light analysis (FRED preferred)
- Proficiency in physical optics modeling and analysis
- Background in radiometry / photometry
- Background in optical fabrication and testing
- Athermalization of optical systems
- MatLab or Python experience
- Organized and detail-oriented
- Excellent communication and presentation skills and the ability to work harmoniously in a team environment with government customers and other contractors
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