Senior Avionics Optical Engineer Redondo Beach Department Avionics Employment Type

Impulsespace; Redondo Beach (CA); On-site; USD 135,000 - 185,000; Full time

Job summary

Join a forward-thinking company as a Senior Avionics Optical Engineer, where you'll design and test innovative optical solutions for spacecraft. In this role, you'll collaborate with a diverse team of engineers to develop cutting-edge optical devices, ensuring high performance in challenging environments. Your expertise in optical design and troubleshooting will be crucial as you contribute to the advancement of aerospace technology. This opportunity offers a dynamic work environment, competitive compensation, and benefits, including stock options and comprehensive health coverage. If you're passionate about optics and space technology, this is the perfect role for you.

Benefits

Medical, Vision & Dental Coverage

401(k) Retirement Plan

Stock Options

Qualifications

• 5+ years of experience in designing lens stacks or optical devices.
• Expertise in optical design tools and principles.

Responsibilities

• Develop and test custom lens stacks and optical components.
• Perform analyses and simulations of optical devices.
• Establish high technical standards and mentor junior engineers.

Skills

Optical Design

Ray Optics

Fourier Optics

Troubleshooting Optical Devices

Communication Skills

Education

Bachelor’s degree in Engineering

Master’s degree or PhD in Optical Engineering

Tools

Zemax

Job description

Senior Avionics Optical Engineer

Department: Avionics

Employment Type: Full Time

Location: Redondo Beach

Reporting To: Carl Haken, VP of Avionics

Compensation: $135,000 - $185,000 / year

Description

As a Senior Avionics Optical Engineer, you will design and test custom lens stacks, baffles, and other optical products for star trackers, cameras, and other optical devices. You will work directly with electrical engineers, mechanical engineers, firmware engineers, GNC engineers, and others. You will have the opportunity to contribute to all aspects of spacecraft optical devices, from architecting new systems to testing and flying them.

Responsibilities

• Develop new lens stacks, baffles, and other optical components
• Perform rigorous analyses and simulations of optical devices
• Help create optical test setups and debug issues with optical components
• Develop, document, and deliver essential quantitative metrics for a robust optical imaging system, such as MTF, PSF, spot size, and chromatic aberration
• Own hardware through qualification and flight operations
• Contribute to new spacecraft architectural trades as they relate to optics
• Establish and maintain high technical standards and mentor less experienced engineers

Minimum Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Engineering
• 5+ years professional experience designing lens stacks or other optical devices
• Expertise with at least one conventional optical design tool (e.g. Zemax or other)
• Proficiency with lens design principles, ray optics, Fourier optics, and Gaussian beams
• Demonstrated experience developing optical test systems and troubleshooting new optical devices
• Demonstrated experience with making optics insensitive to temperature variation
• Desire and ability to improve team processes and train other team members
• Ability to communicate technical challenges, explain rationale and/or resolve concern

Preferred Skills and Experience

• Master’s degree or PhD related to optical engineering
• Experience with space environments, e.g. vibration, vacuum, and ionizing radiation
• Experience selecting and evaluating camera sense elements
• Experience with optomechanical design, e.g. drawings, GD&T, etc.
• Experience designing optical components for manufacturability

Additional Information

Compensation bands are determined by role, level, location, and alignment with market data. Individual level and base pay is determined on a case-by-case basis and may vary based on job-related skills, education, experience, technical capabilities and internal equity. In addition to base salary, for full-time hires, you may also be eligible for long-term incentives, in the form of stock options, and access to medical, vision & dental coverage as well as access to a 401(k) retirement plan.

To conform to U.S. Government space technology export regulations, including the International Traffic in Arms Regulations (ITAR), you must be a U.S. citizen, lawful permanent resident of the U.S., protected individual as defined by 8 U.S.C. 1324b(a)(3), or eligible to obtain the required authorizations from the U.S. Department of State. Learn more about the ITAR here.

Impulse Space is an Equal Opportunity Employer; employment with Impulse Space is governed on the basis of merit, competence and qualifications and will not be influenced in any manner by race, color, religion, gender, national origin/ethnicity, veteran status, disability status, age, sexual orientation, gender identity, marital status, mental or physical disability or any other legally protected status.