Optical Systems Architect – Manufacturing‑Ready (Edinburgh)

Intellectual Capital Resources Ltd; City of Edinburgh; In loco; GBP 65.000 - 90.000; Tempo pieno

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Visa sponsorship is available

Descrizione del lavoro

Intellectual Capital Resources Ltd in Edinburgh is seeking a highly experienced Systems Engineer to own the architecture of an early-stage optical system advancing from lab demonstrations to a manufacturable product.

The role combines optics, opto-mechanics, electronics and thermal management, requiring hands-on design, modelling in Python/MATLAB, and strong collaboration with partners and academics. Edinburgh onsite with visa sponsorship available.

Competenze

• Degree or PhD in Physics, Optical Engineering or a related discipline, with a strong grounding in Gaussian optics, beam propagation, interference and polarisation.
• Proven systems engineering experience across the full lifecycle: requirements, architecture, interface control, design reviews, risk management and IVVQ.
• Strong hands-on opto-mechanics experience, including tolerancing, kinematic mounting, alignment and bonding, and managing thermal and vibration effects.
• Experience packaging optics, electronics and mechanics together in areas such as quantum technologies, photonics, lasers, space or defence optronics, or precision instruments.
• Extensive cleanroom and lab experience building and characterising low-noise optical systems.
• Working knowledge of laser drivers, detectors, signal chains and temperature control, plus Python and/or MATLAB for modelling and data analysis.
• Excellent communication skills, with the ability to bridge physicists and engineers in a fast-moving, ambiguous environment.
• Experience with CAD, FEA, Zemax or CODE V, environmental qualification, design for manufacture or MBSE is desirable but not essential.

Mansioni

• Own the system architecture and requirements decomposition across optical, opto-mechanical, electronic, thermal and software domains, through to detailed design.
• Define and manage performance budgets (throughput, wavefront and pointing error, alignment, noise, drift and SWaP) and lead trade studies towards a manufacturable design.
• Define and control subsystem interfaces and maintain interface control documents.
• Lead the integration and packaging of lasers, optics, detectors, electronics and mechanics into compact, stable assemblies, including tolerancing, alignment, materials and bonding.
• Lead IVVQ, including thermal, vibration and shock testing, with traceability to requirements.
• Run de-risking experiments and prototypes, and ensure key design decisions are made, recorded and communicated.
• Lead systems engineering work packages on grant-funded projects with partners, suppliers and academic collaborators.
• Keep designs coherent across disciplines and support engineers in developing their systems thinking.

Conoscenze

Gaussian optics

Beam propagation

Interference

Polarisation

Systems engineering

IVVQ

Python

MATLAB

CAD

Formazione

PhD in Physics

Optical Engineering degree

Strumenti

Zemax

CODE V

FEA

Descrizione del lavoro

Intellectual Capital Resources Ltd in Edinburgh is seeking a highly experienced Systems Engineer to own the architecture of an early-stage optical system advancing from lab demonstrations to a manufacturable product.

The role combines optics, opto-mechanics, electronics and thermal management, requiring hands-on design, modelling in Python/MATLAB, and strong collaboration with partners and academics. Edinburgh onsite with visa sponsorship available.