Description

This position requires someone with broad capabilities in the area of mechanical engineering with specific experienced based knowledge of mechanical design for opto-mechanical assemblies in addition to a firm foundation in mechanical engineering. Responsibilities include opto-mechanical and mechanical concept development, system architecture, system trade-off analysis, requirements definition and flow down, and test and evaluation of mechanical performance parameters at both the component and system level. Outstanding communication skills are required to convey technical ideas to both the customer community and to engineering peers.

Requirements

Required Experience

Minimum of 3 years direct experience in the design and manufacture of opto-mechanical assemblies in a production environment

Design experience for medical or military or other similar harsh environments

Direct experience with a broad range of metal and optical component fabrication and metrology methods

Familiar with the mechanical properties of conventional glasses and crystalline materials for optics

Required Skills

Skilled in the use of solid modeling CAD tools specifically either ProEngineer or SolidWorks (preferred).

Understanding of design dimensioning and tolerancing methods and conventions (e.g. true-position dimensioning, geometric tolerancing, etc.), assembly constraints, and kinematics

Fundamental modeling and analytical understanding of static and dynamic mechanical properties (e.g. stress, torque, natural frequency, damping, thermal expansion, etc.)

Specification ofelectro-mechanical mechanisms and components

Ability to generate required documentation including design reports, assembly procedures, bills-of-material, test procedures, etc.

Desired Skills

Use of analytical tools including ANSYS or FlowWorks

Skilled in the use of advanced metrology tools including CMM’s, ESS chambers, LabView, shake tables etc

Familiar with passive athermalization techniques

Knowledge of advanced materials: alloys, composites, ceramics, thermoplastics, epoxies

Knowledge of advanced manufacturing methods: Additive manufacturing, EDM, rapid prototyping, casting and molding, laser cutting, braising etc

Knowledge of advanced electro-mechanical systems: servos, positioning systems, piezoelectric devices, position feedback devices

Line-of-sight analysis

System light-weighting techniques

Mechanisms for multi-field of view and zoom lenses

Vacuum and cryogenic compatibility

Education

BS in a related field and minimum 5 years relevant experience or MS in a related field and minimum 3 years relevant experience.

NOTE: Due to requirements to comply with ITAR, candidate must be a US Person (either a US Citizen, a Permanent Resident, or a person with protected status, such as a refugee).