Space Optics Engineer II - Design & Analysis

Lockheed Martin Corporation; Louisville (KY); On-site; USD 91,000 - 169,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical insurance

Dental insurance

Vision care

Flexible work arrangements

401(k) match

Paid time off

Holidays

Parental Leave

EAP

Job summary

Lockheed Martin Corporation is seeking an Optical Engineer to design and analyze optical and electro-optical systems for space applications. You will perform optical design, modeling, and analysis, support hands-on alignment and test, and collaborate with senior engineers to mature solutions from concept to flight hardware.

The role emphasizes strong optics fundamentals, with the option to leverage a Master’s or PhD in optics or related field.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in optical engineering, physics, or related field or equivalent experience.
• 1+ years of related optical engineering experience or higher degree.
• Experience in optical design or analysis (ray tracing, modeling, tolerancing).
• Understanding of geometrical and physical optics and common metrics like MTF.
• Experience with MATLAB or Python for data analysis.
• Ability to document work and present results to engineering teams.
• U.S. citizenship and TS/SCI clearance eligibility.

Responsibilities

• Perform optical design tasks for assigned systems and components, such as lens and mirror design, optimization, and design updates.
• Build optical models and analyze performance against requirements (e.g., image quality, radiometry, or beam propagation).
• Perform tolerance and sensitivity analyses, and support STOP analyses with structural and thermal analysts.
• Track predicted optical performance against requirements and update optical error budgets as designs mature.
• Prepare optical component specifications and review vendor inspection and test data.
• Support optical alignment, integration, and test, including test setup, data collection and reduction, and comparison of measured performance with model predictions.
• Support troubleshooting of optical performance issues in prototype and flight hardware.
• Work with mechanical, thermal, systems, stray light, and test engineers on your project team to resolve optical interface questions.
• Document analyses and test results in technical memos and reports, and present your work in team and design reviews.

Skills

Optical design

Modeling & analysis

Tolerance analysis

Test data analysis

Communication

Security clearance

Education

Bachelor's in Optics

Master's or PhD acceptable

Tools

Zemax OpticStudio

CODE V

MATLAB

Python

Job description

Lockheed Martin Corporation is seeking an Optical Engineer to design and analyze optical and electro-optical systems for space applications. You will perform optical design, modeling, and analysis, support hands-on alignment and test, and collaborate with senior engineers to mature solutions from concept to flight hardware.

The role emphasizes strong optics fundamentals, with the option to leverage a Master’s or PhD in optics or related field.