Senior Optical Engineer — Laser Defense Systems

US Health Partners, LLC; San Francisco (CA); Hybrid; USD 160,000 - 210,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Competitive salary

Equity

Health care

PTO + sick days

Field test events

Lunches and snacks

E-bike stipend

Leadership access

Job summary

Aurelius Systems, Inc in San Francisco is seeking a senior optical engineer to own optical system design for our directed energy hardware platform. You will drive deep optical investigations and work across mechanical and electrical teams to convert designs into deployed systems.

The role emphasizes optical judgment, trade studies, and system-level decision making, with opportunities to shape packaging and integration strategies and to establish best practices for validation and documentation.

Qualifications

• BS or MS in Optical Engineering, Physics, Mechanical Engineering or related field.
• Strong background in optical engineering and design.
• Experience applying optical theory to hardware problems.
• Ability to lead investigations from first principles.

Responsibilities

• Lead optical design and analysis for core system components
• Drive optical investigations and system-level design decisions
• Specify and evaluate optical components and subsystem architectures
• Partner with mechanical engineers on packaging and integration
• Support tolerance analysis, performance validation, and design iteration
• Lead alignment, characterization, and test efforts for integrated optical systems
• Collaborate with vendors on manufacturability and tolerancing
• Contribute to best practices, validation, and documentation

Skills

Optical engineering

Optical design

System-level problem solving

Trade studies

Tolerance analysis

Cross-functional collaboration

Education

BS or MS in Optical Engineering, Physics, Mechanical Engineering

Job description

Aurelius Systems, Inc in San Francisco is seeking a senior optical engineer to own optical system design for our directed energy hardware platform. You will drive deep optical investigations and work across mechanical and electrical teams to convert designs into deployed systems.

The role emphasizes optical judgment, trade studies, and system-level decision making, with opportunities to shape packaging and integration strategies and to establish best practices for validation and documentation.