# Optical Engineer

Job Title: Optical EngineerJob Category: EngineeringTime Type: Full timeMinimum Clearance Required to Start: NoneEmployee Type: RegularPercentage of Travel Required: Up to 10%Type of Travel: Local* * *The Opportunity: Work in a group of optical engineers solving challenging technical problems Work in inter-disciplinary groups on complex optical system design, manufacture, test, and alignment Gain hands-on and analytical experience with optics and optical systems Potential to see complex opto-electronic systems from beginning to end of cycle Responsibilities: Perform optical analyses of individual optics or optical systems using commercial and in-house software Work with individuals from other disciplines (systems, mechanical, thermal, e.g.) Present analyses to small groups of internal and external customers Document and review procedures used to manufacture and test optics and optical systems Use optical modeling software (Zemax, Code V, FRED, other…) to model optical system performance Work directly with other organizations to oversee testing of optics or optical systems Qualifications: Required: Bachelor's degree in Engineering, ideally Optical Engineering or Optical Science, al

- **Id**: 3786324
- **Url**: <https://alion.io/job/caci-international-optical-engineer-5>
- **Role**: Semiconductors
- **Role family**: Semiconductors
- **Employment type**: full_time
- **Work mode**: on_site
- **Hiring geo confidence**: structured
- **Locations**: Danbury, United States
- **Countries**: US
- **Hiring countries total**: 0
- **Visa sponsorship**: no
- **Relocation package**: no
- **Has equity**: no
- **Status**: live
- **First seen at**: 2026-11-03T00:00:00Z
- **Employer posted date**: 2026-11-03
- **Last verified at**: 2026-11-06T01:54:48Z
- **Board verified**: yes
- **Days open**: 3
- **Description format**: text
- **Description chars**: 3925
- **Description truncated**: no
- **Benefits**: Flexible time off
- **Relocation offered**: no
- **Industries**: Cybersecurity, Data & Analytics, Military, National Security

## Company

- **Id**: 58481
- **Name**: CACI International
- **Domain**: caci.com
- **Url**: <https://alion.io/company/caci-international>
- **Size band**: 5000+
- **Is staffing agency**: no
- **Employer type**: services
- **Is intermediary**: no
- **Ats vendor**: Workday

### Truth index

- **Grade**: D
- **Score**: 47
- **Open postings**: 369
- **Ghost share**: 0.626
- **Stale share**: 0.16
- **Repost share**: 0.745
- **Time to fill p50 days**: 48
- **Computed at**: 2026-11-05T05:54:30Z

## Salary

- **Min**: 72700
- **Max**: 149200
- **Currency**: USD
- **Period**: year
- **Usd annual**: 149200

## Technologies

- **Microsoft Office** — Optional: no

## Trust

- **Level**: ok
- **Days open**: 3

## Requirements

- **Manages managers**: no
- **Security clearance**: no

### Education

- **Level**: bachelor
- **Optional**: no

## Lifecycle

- Event: open; At: 2026-11-05T03:47:24Z

## Liveness

- **Score**: 70
- **Band**: hot
- **Label**: Hiring now
- **P open**: 1
- **P active**: 0.695
- **P room**: 1
- **Age days**: 2
- **Expected fill days**: 48
- **Reasons**: conf:2, stale_co, urgency, velocity, win:early, comp:brand
- **Computed at**: 2026-11-05T05:54:30Z

## Pay

- **Stated usd annual**: 149200
- **Is top pay**: no

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