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TS/SCI Senior Optical Systems Engineer

Lensa
Wilmington, MA Full Time
POSTED ON 1/2/2026
AVAILABLE BEFORE 1/31/2026
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Job Description

A client in the defense industry is looking to add a Senior Optical Systems Engineer to their team on site in Wilmington, Massachusetts. This person will have Chief Systems Engineer responsibilities, be customer facing, handling the technical authority of the program, overseeing the team and the program execution, while also being hands on. They need a strong background within space, physics, optics, mechanical and electrical. They require an active TS/SCI security clearance and will be supporting a variety of different programs within this team.

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Skills And Requirements

9-12 years of overall systems engineering

5 years of Optical Space experience- hands on

Developing, designing, integrating a space payload

Customer facing experience

Technical Authority

Space Vehicle Systems (ex: IMU's, space hardware, optical telescope assemblies)

Bachelor's Degree Space Vehicle experience

Physics Degree

Master's/PHD

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