Senior Optical Architect — Advanced Imaging

Telemetry Today LLC; Lexington (MA); Hybrid; USD 166,000 - 220,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Equity grants

Top-tier benefits

Job summary

Anduril Industries seeks an Optical Engineer to advance design and architecture for an expanding imaging product line as it moves from prototyping to mature production.

The role focuses on leading optical trades, designing high-performance lenses, and defining requirements under multidisciplinary constraints. You will help transition TRL prototypes to fieldable systems while solving complex problems with senior staff.

Qualifications

• BS in Engineering or Physics/Astronomy with a concentration in Optics.
• MS or PhD preferred, but not required.
• 5+ years of experience with complex opto-mechanical systems, performing optical system design, analysis, alignment and test.
• Experience building wide field MWIR, LWIR, or multiband imaging optical systems.
• Expertise with optical design and analysis software, preferably Zemax or CodeV.
• Experience with STOP (Structural, Thermal, and Optical Performance) analysis.
• Knowledge of image quality metrics and data analysis methods.
• Experience with the design of diffraction limited imaging systems in dynamic environments.
• Eligible to obtain and maintain an active U.S. Secret security clearance.

Responsibilities

• Lead architecture decisions, optical trades for novel optical systems for broadly defined missions.
• Design lenses and optical components for high performance imaging systems.
• Understand and define optical performance requirements given multi-disciplinary engineering constraints.
• Transition a high TRL prototype optical assembly to a production fieldable system.
• Design and tolerance complex visible to infrared optical systems to meet performance requirements for ground & airborne applications.
• Develop and review test setups, procedures, and data to transition products and systems from R&D to production.
• Evaluate and analyze prototype and production optical system performance errors to determine root cause.
• Work independently and collaborate with senior staff and leadership to solve interdisciplinary technical problems by serving as the Optical Engineering subject matter expert

Skills

Optical design

Optical analysis

System alignment

Test & verification

Radiometry knowledge

Education

BS in Engineering/Physics/Astronomy

MS/PhD preferred

Tools

Zemax

CodeV

Job description

Anduril Industries seeks an Optical Engineer to advance design and architecture for an expanding imaging product line as it moves from prototyping to mature production.

The role focuses on leading optical trades, designing high-performance lenses, and defining requirements under multidisciplinary constraints. You will help transition TRL prototypes to fieldable systems while solving complex problems with senior staff.