Optical Assembly Engineer - Onsite (Imaging Prototypes)

Minuteman Group LLC; Lexington (MA); On-site; USD 90,000 - 130,000; Full time

Job summary

Minuteman Group LLC in Lexington, MA is seeking an Optical Assembly Engineer for a long-term contract in Lexington. This onsite role requires 5 days a week on site and US citizenship.

The engineer will work with complex prototypes for imaging, communication, and directed energy applications, planning assembly, alignment, and test activities in lab clean rooms, and collaborating with mechanical/opto-mechanical engineers to meet alignment and tolerances.

Qualifications

• 3–5 years of optical AI&T experience.
• Experience assembling, aligning, and testing optical components and systems.
• Familiar with optical alignment instruments (interferometers, autocollimators, alignment telescopes, profilometers, wavefront sensors).
• Ability to evaluate vendors for custom optical fabrication.
• Experience performing incoming inspection of procured optics.

Responsibilities

• Plan and design assembly, integration and test activities in clean rooms.
• Develop alignment approaches and derive requirements.
• Create mounts and assemblies with proper DOF and adjustment resolution.
• Execute assembly and alignment of free-space and fiber-optic assemblies and test performance.
• Specify and inspect custom optical components; assess supplier capabilities.
• Work with optical tooling (interferometer, autocollimator, alignment telescope).
• Write AI&T procedures and document build activities.
• Run environmental tests (thermal cycling, vibration, TVac, altitude).

Skills

Optical AI&T experience

Optical assembly & alignment

Interferometers & alignment tools

Vendor evaluation & inspection

Team collaboration

Tools

Interferometer

Autocollimator

Alignment telescope

Profilometer / wavefront sensor

Job description

Minuteman Group LLC in Lexington, MA is seeking an Optical Assembly Engineer for a long-term contract in Lexington. This onsite role requires 5 days a week on site and US citizenship.

The engineer will work with complex prototypes for imaging, communication, and directed energy applications, planning assembly, alignment, and test activities in lab clean rooms, and collaborating with mechanical/opto-mechanical engineers to meet alignment and tolerances.