Staff Optical Engineer Design & Architecture, Space Imaging

BS in Engineering required with a concentration in Optics

MS or PhD preferred, but not required

7+ years of experience with complex opto-mechanical systems, performing optical system design, analysis, alignment and test in the workforce

Expertise with optical design and analysis software, preferably Zemax

Experience with STOP (Structural, Thermal, and Optical Performance) analysis

Knowledge of image quality metrics and data analysis methods

The Space Imaging team is seeking a Senior Optical Engineer to design a new product lines for spaceborne systems. In this role, you will work closely with an interdisciplinary technical team to define optical architectures, complete the optical design and analysis, build prototypes leading to ground and flight testing, and mature the prototypes into products.

Successful candidates will have experience designing and delivering environmentally rugged optical systems.

Lead architecture decisions, optical trades for novel optical systems for broadly defined missions

Design lenses and optical components for high performance imaging systems

Understand and define optical performance requirements given multi-disciplinary engineering constraints

The Anduril Imaging team develops state-of-the-art imaging systems across both hardware and software, deployed to tackle the most significant security challenges of America and its allies. The team is heavily involved in utilizing computer vision, perception, electro-optical, infrared, and sensor data to give our war fighters and allies an advantage.