Senior Specialist, Optical Engineer – Space Systems
L3Harris Technologies
full-time
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Location Type: Office
Location: Wilmington • Massachusetts • 🇺🇸 United States
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💰 $109,500 - $203,500 per year
Job Level
Senior
About the role
- Participate in program design review cycles in consultation with optical design and mechanical design personnel to develop error budgets, alignment fixtures, and test layouts
- Work with Manufacturing/Operations personnel to develop and complete optical alignment and test procedures and documentation
- Participate in preparation and presentation of optical testing procedural steps as part of readiness reviews throughout the build process
- Conduct thorough testing and alignment of complex optical systems within a lab environment often using interferometer sources, collimating optics, and theodolites
- Collaborate with cross-disciplinary teams to achieve project objectives, demonstrating strong interpersonal skills and the ability to work well in a team setting
- Utilize strong organizational skills to manage tasks and documentation effectively
- Provide regular updates to program leadership to communicate progress, issues, and execution status
- Apply excellent written and verbal communication skills to document processes, convey technical information, and facilitate effective teamwork
- Manage cost and schedule of deliverables as well as generating cost estimates for proposals
- Engage in troubleshooting activities and verification of system requirements to ensure compliance and functionality
- Support optical design and modeling efforts as needed, with a focus on hands-on application and testing
- Perform detailed inspection of optical components to maintain system integrity
- Participate in systems trade studies, vendor assessments with an emphasis on practical evaluation and lab-based experimentation
- Mentor and guide new engineers in the art of optical alignments and techniques, ensuring knowledge transfer and adherence to best practices for lab-based system builds and experimental setups.
Requirements
- 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
- A minimum of 4+ years of experience in hands-on optical alignment, testing, and inspection
- Professional experience using alignment tools (e.g. collimators, interferometers, theodolites, alignment telescopes, CMM, laser trackers)
- Professional experience in interferometry concepts, optical testing layouts, and optical measurement data analysis products
- 4+ years experience with Zemax and/or Code V optical software for design and analysis purposes
Benefits
- health and disability insurance
- 401(k) match
- flexible spending accounts
- EAP
- education assistance
- parental leave
- paid time off
- company-paid holidays
Applicant Tracking System Keywords
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Hard skills
optical alignmentoptical testinginspectioninterferometryoptical measurement data analysisZemaxCode Vtesting procedureserror budgetssystem requirements verification
Soft skills
interpersonal skillsorganizational skillscommunication skillsteamworkmentoringtroubleshootingdocumentationpresentation skillscollaborationproject management