Principal Optical Design Engineer

4 weeks ago


San Diego, United States CV Library Full time

Description

The Leidos Innovations Center currently has an opening for a Principal Optical Design Engineer to work in our San Diego, CA office.  This is an exciting opportunity to develop disruptive optical technologies that could be integrated into future space systems – a business area in which Leidos is transforming the payloads solutions for the future.  As a Principal Engineer, you will directly support a rapidly growing sector within the Division by leading design, development, and demonstration of new optical technologies that could drastically reduce size, weight, power, and cost of compact satellite optical payloads, and potentially enhancing performance to enable new capabilities. Responsibilities would initially be in working with current optical designers to understand the trades in optical payload design, leading investigation into new optics including diffractive optics, meta-optics, and gradient index lenses, and developing new insights and capabilities in integration of such technologies into future optical payload development.  Additional responsibilities will likely include working on novel payload concepts through internal R&D (IRAD) effort, and may include the opportunity to serve as a supervisor.

Primary Responsibilities

Leverage expertise in optics design and new optics technologies to lead trades analyses in performance and size, weight, and power for satellite optical payloads

Utilize modeling tools to develop insights in co-design of different optical technologies in a single optical payload.

Lead collaboration with optical designers and team mates to evaluate and mature optics technologies, and develop a pipeline to transition them to production and integration into optical payloads

Develop a roadmap of novel imaging technologies for future space systems, and explore nascent concepts.

Basic Qualifications

BS in Engineering, Physics, optics, or equivalent field with 12+ years of prior relevant experience or Masters with 10+ years of relevant experience or Doctorate with 8+years of prior relevant experience

US citizenship

Must have the ability to obtain and maintain a Secret security clearance

Expertise in performance evaluations of optical components, including point spread functions (PSFs), modulation transfer functions (MTFs), encircled power, etc.

Proficient experience with finite element-based design tools such as COMSOL, CST, or Lumerical.

Proficient experience with optical design tools such as Zemax or CODE V.

Proficient in Windows

Excellent communication skills and proven ability to work directly with customers and deliver results

Mission oriented with a strong ability guide a team towards goals and deliver real world products

Proficient with technical writing, documentation, and organization

Robust sense of initiative, a self-starter who can work independently

Qualifications

Active TS or TS/SCI security clearance

Experience in developing hybrid optical systems with novel optical components.

Experience with fabrication and characterization of optics, including diffractive/meta-optics.

Experience in proposal development and business development

LInC

Original Posting Date:

2024-08-05While subject to change based on business needs, Leidos reasonably anticipates that this job requisition will remain open for at least 3 days with an anticipated close date of no earlier than 3 days after the original posting date as listed above.

Pay Range:

Pay Range $(phone number removed) - $(phone number removed)

The Leidos pay range for this job level is a general guideline onlyand not a guarantee of compensation or salary. Additional factors considered in extending an offer include (but are not limited to) responsibilities of the job, education, experience, knowledge, skills, and abilities, as well as internal equity, alignment with market data, applicable bargaining agreement (if any), or other law.



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