Senior Optical Engineer - Lead High-Performance Imaging (Equity)

Slope; Boulder (CO); On-site; USD 143,000 - 191,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Equity grants

Health insurance

Job summary

Anduril Industries is seeking an Optical Engineer to help design and mature optical systems as we transition prototypes to production. You will lead architecture discussions, define performance requirements, and design lenses and components for both ground and airborne imaging platforms.

Join a team that blends hardware and software with cutting-edge optics, LIDAR, and adaptive optics. You will work independently and with senior staff to solve complex cross-disciplinary challenges while

Qualifications

• BS in Engineering or Physics/Astronomy with optics focus.
• MS/PhD preferred but not required.
• 5+ years in opto-mechanical design, analysis, alignment and test.

Responsibilities

• Lead architecture decisions and optical trades for new systems.
• Design lenses and optical components for high-performance imaging.
• Define optical performance requirements under multi-disciplinary constraints.

Skills

Optical design

OPTX/OPD

LIDAR/laser comms

Image quality metrics

Dynamic environment alignment

Problem solving

Team collaboration

Education

BS in Engineering or Physics/Astronomy

MS or PhD preferred

Tools

Zemax

CodeV

STOP analysis

Job description

Anduril Industries is seeking an Optical Engineer to help design and mature optical systems as we transition prototypes to production. You will lead architecture discussions, define performance requirements, and design lenses and components for both ground and airborne imaging platforms.

Join a team that blends hardware and software with cutting-edge optics, LIDAR, and adaptive optics. You will work independently and with senior staff to solve complex cross-disciplinary challenges while