Optical Engineer

Optical Engineer

Basildon

Paying up to £66p/h (Umbrella)

Responsibilities:

• Deliver support to the research, design, development and manufacture phases of the product lifecycle.
• Contribute to system architecture definition, specifies and develops lens design.
• Undertake analyses and performance simulations for Optical solutions.
• Support integration and Test 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.
• Design and implementation of passive and/or active athermalisation IR imaging lenses.

Experience required:

• Design of optical solutions within harsh environments i.e. high/low temperature, abrasive environments (rain, hail), etc.
• Experience of lens systems design within the Infrared spectrum.
• Extensive experience in an Optical Engineering related field, with a good grounding in classical imaging optics principles is required.
• Modelling/designing lens solutions using industry standard tools (preferably OpticStudio / Zemax).
• Proven knowledge within optical materials and optical coatings for IR Systems.
• Experience in steered IR imaging systems.

Disclaimer:

This vacancy is being advertised by either Advanced Resource Managers Limited, Advanced Resource Managers IT Limited or Advanced Resource Managers Engineering Limited ("ARM"). ARM is a specialist talent acquisition and management consultancy. We provide technical contingency recruitment and a portfolio of more complex resource solutions. Our specialist recruitment divisions cover the entire technical arena, including some of the most economically and strategically important industries in the UK and the world today. We will never send your CV without your permission. Where the role is marked as Outside IR35 in the advertisement this is subject to receipt of a final Status Determination Statement from the end Client and may be subject to change.