- Rochester, New York, United States
- On-site
- Full-time
- $117K–$218K per year
- 9+ years
Lead Optical Engineer focused on stray light analysis, modeling, and performance evaluation for electro-optical systems in aerospace and defense.
Compensation
the salary range for this role in New York is $117,000 - $218,000
Responsibilities
- Lead or support optical engineering activities for advanced imaging, sensing, and electro-optical systems.
- Lead development of non-sequential stray light and radiometric models for active and passive imaging systems.
- Assess scattering, ghosting, and optical throughput for space-based payloads.
- Support system performance analysis and verification of key optical requirements (wavefront error, line of sight, distortion, focus, focal length, image quality).
- Perform end-to-end optical performance analyses connecting design features to mission-level image quality, signal-to-noise, and sensitivity outcomes.
Requirements
- Bachelor’s Degree
- Graduate Degree
- Nice to have: FRED
- Nice to have: CodeV
- Nice to have: Zemax OpticStudio