Optical Engineer
EDGE
Date: 1 day ago
City: Abu Dhabi
Contract type: Full time
Key Responsibilities
- Contribute to all phases of systems engineering for imaging and targeting systems, including concept definition, system architecture, requirements development, radiometric systems design & analysis, components selection, optical engineering/design, prototype testing, and performance verification.
- Develop requirements, specifications, and test plans with a focus on optical systems and integration.
- Conduct range and optical analyses, and guide optical systems development and camera selection.
- Lead and participate in optical systems design, simulation, development, manufacturing, and testing (focusing on lenses and detectors) across various wavelengths.
- Complete optical component design cycle from concept generation, requirements analysis, design, simulation, manufacturing, testing, and validation.
- Lead and support laboratory testing and qualification efforts for optical systems and sensor products.
- Develop assembly plans and calibration procedures for optical products.
- Generate supporting data packs and artifacts for designed optical components.
- Create and deliver technical papers, reports, and proposals to internal and external stakeholders.
- Provide mentoring, technical oversight, and task delegation as appropriate.
- Minimum 7+ years of experience in optics design and manufacturing, with deep involvement in optical component design cycles (from simulation to production).
- Master’s degree in Optics Engineering/Optical Sciences, or Physics – PhD preferred.
- Expertise in complex optical designs, including fixed and moving reflective and refractive elements.
- Familiarity with radiometric analysis tools (e.g., NVTHERM/NV-IPM, MODTRAN).
- Proficiency in optical design/analysis tools such as ZEMAX (preferred).
- Skilled in using standard optics laboratory equipment, including optical benches, lasers, photodetectors, spectrometers, and autocollimators for conducting measurements, performance analysis, and testing.
- Experience in optical measurements/alignment of complex optical systems, designing metrology measurements, and optical analysis & design of multi-sensor imaging systems.
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