Lead Optical Engineer: Stray Light & Imaging Systems

Veracity Ventures Inc.; City of Rochester (NY); On-site; USD 110,000 - 150,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Employee discounts

Health insurance

Paid time off

Job summary

Veracity Ventures Inc. in Rochester, NY is seeking a Lead Optical Engineer specializing in stray light to own advanced optical system design and analysis. You will drive non-sequential modeling, stray-light studies, and collaboration across teams on high-performance optical systems.

Ideal candidates bring 7–10+ years of experience, proficiency with Zemax OpticStudio or Code V, FRED or similar tools, MATLAB/Python, and the ability to obtain a U.S. federal security clearance.

Qualifications

• 7–10+ years of relevant optical engineering experience.
• Strong stray-light analysis and non-sequential optical modeling.
• 2–3 years with FRED or similar stray-light analysis tools.
• Experience with space-based EO/IR, imaging, sensing, or high-performance optical systems.
• Knowledge of scattering, ghosting, BSDF/BRDF, radiometric performance, throughput, SNR, and image quality.
• Experience with baffles, stops, surface treatments, contamination control, and optical alignment.
• Zemax OpticStudio and/or Code V experience.
• Optical metrology experience with interferometers, autocollimators, laser trackers, or phase retrieval.
• MATLAB and/or Python experience.
• Experience supporting optical design, integration, testing, verification, troubleshooting, and technical documentation.
• Ability to obtain a federal security clearance.

Skills

stray-light analysis

non-sequential optical modeling

FRED or similar tools

space-based EO/IR imaging systems

scattering, ghosting, BSDF/BRDF

baffles, stops, contamination control

optical alignment

Zemax OpticStudio

Code V

optical metrology (interferometers, LD

MATLAB

Python

optical design, integration, testing

technical documentation

federal security clearance

Education

Bachelor’s degree + 9+ years experience

Graduate degree + 7+ years experience

Tools

Zemax OpticStudio

Code V

MATLAB

Python

Job description

Veracity Ventures Inc. in Rochester, NY is seeking a Lead Optical Engineer specializing in stray light to own advanced optical system design and analysis. You will drive non-sequential modeling, stray-light studies, and collaboration across teams on high-performance optical systems.

Ideal candidates bring 7–10+ years of experience, proficiency with Zemax OpticStudio or Code V, FRED or similar tools, MATLAB/Python, and the ability to obtain a U.S. federal security clearance.