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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

L3Harris Technologies is proud to be an Affirmative Action/Equal Opportunity Employer. L3Harris is committed to treating all employees and applicants for employment with respect and dignity and maintaining a workplace that is free from unlawful discrimination. All applicants will be considered for employment without regard to race, color, religion, age, national origin, ancestry, ethnicity, gender (including pregnancy, childbirth, breastfeeding or other related medical conditions), gender identity, gender expression, sexual orientation, marital status, veteran status, disability, genetic information, citizenship status, characteristic or membership in any other group protected by federal, state or local laws. L3Harris maintains a drug-free workplace and performs pre-employment substance abuse testing and background checks, where permitted by law.