Opto-Mechanical Manufacturing Engineer — Onsite

Optical Society of Southern California; Irvine (CA); On-site; USD 100,000 - 200,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Stock options

Medical, vision & dental coverage

401(k) retirement plan

Job summary

Impulse Space is actively seeking an Opto-Mechanical Manufacturing Engineer to own production builds and testing of optical assemblies for space systems. You will work with cross-discipline teams to drive reliability and performance of opto-mechanical hardware intended for orbit.

The role requires deep experience in high-precision optical manufacturing, metrology, and tooling design, with hands-on leadership on the production floor and a path toward ownership of environmental tests and

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Mechanical, Electrical Engineering, Physics or related field.
• 6+ years in high-precision opto-mechanical manufacturing.
• 6+ years of optical metrology equipment experience (centration measurements, interferometry, wavefront sensors).
• Knowledge of optical alignment using a laser or collimated light source.
• Experience designing tooling for optical assembly.
• Mechanical design and GD&T using NX and Teamcenter.
• Knowledge of CNC Machining.

Responsibilities

• Develop, document, and optimize manufacturing processes for opto-mechanical assemblies, such as star trackers, cameras and sun sensors.
• Develop and optimize metrology processes for opto-mechanical assemblies in production.
• Design tooling for complex alignment of lens assemblies and drive assembly, integration and test of camera sub-assemblies.
• Collaborate with optical design engineers to ensure manufacturability, DFM/DFA of optical assemblies, including custom spherical and aspherical lenses/mirrors.
• Collaborate with cross functional teams on quality and long-term reliability.
• Provide day-to-day support for the production floor, resolving build issues, updating work instructions, and improving yields.
• Provide guidance to opto-mechanical technicians.
• Own environmental and functional testing (optical, vibe, thermal, etc.) in production.

Skills

Opto-mechanical manufacturing

Optical metrology

Optical alignment

Tooling design

Mechanical design and GD&T

CNC machining

Space applications manufacturing

Thermal/vibration testing knowledge

Education

Bachelors in Mechanical Eng, Electrical Eng, Physics

MS/PhD in related field

Tools

NX

Teamcenter

Job description

Impulse Space is actively seeking an Opto-Mechanical Manufacturing Engineer to own production builds and testing of optical assemblies for space systems. You will work with cross-discipline teams to drive reliability and performance of opto-mechanical hardware intended for orbit.

The role requires deep experience in high-precision optical manufacturing, metrology, and tooling design, with hands-on leadership on the production floor and a path toward ownership of environmental tests and