Job Description
Principal Optical Engineer
* Basildon (Hybrid)
* £65ph - £75ph (Inside IR35)
* 6 month contract (min)
Please note, we can only consider Sole UK for this role, due to security restrictions.
We are currently looking for a Principal Optical Engineer to support the research, design, and development of next InfraRed (IR) Products.
What you’ll do as a Principal Optical Engineer:
* Deliver support to the research, design, development, and manufacture phases of the product lifecycle.
* Contribute to system architecture definition, specify and develop lens design.
* Undertake analyses and performance simulations for optical solutions.
* Support integration and testing of optical systems.
* Deliver solutions that consider design for manufacture, assembly, and test.
* Liaise with the customer community and have regular interactions with the external supply chain.
* Work within a multi-disciplinary IPT.
Technical Skills - Principal Optical Engineer:
* Design of optical solutions within harsh environments (i.e., high/low temperature, abrasive environments such as rain and hail).
* Experience in lens systems design within the infrared spectrum.
* Extensive experience in an optical engineering related field, with a good grounding in classical imaging optics principles.
* Modelling/designing lens solutions using industry standard tools (preferably OpticStudio / Zemax).
* Proven knowledge of optical materials and optical coatings for IR systems.
This is a hybrid role based from our Basildon site. The location of working (on-site or home-based) will be determined by project and security classification.
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