Senior Specialist, Optical Design Engineer
Wilmington, Massachusetts
Job ID 15971L3Harris is dedicated to recruiting and developing diverse, high-performing talent who are passionate about what they do. Our employees are unified in a shared dedication to our customers’ mission and quest for professional growth. L3Harris provides an inclusive, engaging environment designed to empower employees and promote work-life success. Fundamental to our culture is an unwavering focus on values, dedication to our communities, and commitment to excellence in everything we do.
L3Harris Technologies is an agile global aerospace and defense technology innovator, delivering end-to-end solutions that meet customers’ mission-critical needs. The company provides advanced defense and commercial technologies across space, air, land, sea and cyber domains. L3Harris has approximately $18 billion in annual revenue and 50,000 employees, with customers in more than 100 countries.
Job Title: Senior Specialist, Optical Design Engineer
Job Code: 15971
Job Location: Wilmington, MA
Job Schedule: 9/80
Job Description:
L3Harris has an immediate opening for a Senior Optical Engineer at our office in Wilmington, MA to provide optical design and analysis support for space-based telescope systems.
Essential Functions and Skills:
- Support the development of optical technologies and architectural concepts to support the company’s current and new business opportunities
- Generate optical designs and perform analysis on advanced telescopes, calibrators, and unique optical test sets to meet project requirements and explore different optical trade spaces.
- Review system requirements and provide guidance to system engineering and program management.
- Develop and analyze optical budgets and performance sensitivities, including wavefront error, MTF, line of sight, throughput, jitter, etc
- Support optical component specification generation and review and provide optical modeling analysis, image simulation, and design/metrology support during system alignment, integration and testing.
- Collaborate with cross-disciplinary teams to achieve project objectives, demonstrating strong interpersonal skills and the ability to work well in a team setting.
- Excellent written and verbal communication skills to documenting processes, convey technical information, and facilitate effective teamwork.
- Interface with customers and senior management.
- Obtain security clearance.
Qualifications:
- Bachelor’s Degree and minimum 6 years of prior relevant experience. Graduate Degree and a minimum of 4 years of prior related experience. In lieu of a degree, minimum of 10 years of prior related experience.
- Experience with geometrical optics, imaging lens design, and optical component tolerancing.
- Background in sequential optical design and analysis software (CODEV or ZEMAX).
Preferred Additional Skills:
- Active DoD Secret security clearance.
- Background in telescope or remote sensing optical design for scientific or defense applications
- Stray light analysis (FRED preferred)
- Proficiency in physical optics modeling and analysis
- Background in radiometry/photometry
- Background in optical fabrication and testing
- Athermalization of optical systems
- MatLab or Python experience
- Organized and detail-oriented
- Excellent communication and presentation skills and the ability to work harmoniously in a team environment with government customers and other contractors
Please be aware many of our positions require the ability to obtain a security clearance. Security clearances may only be granted to U.S. citizens. In addition, applicants who accept a conditional offer of employment may be subject to government security investigation(s) and must meet eligibility requirements for access to classified information.
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