{"id":3426620,"url":"https://alion.io/job/lockheed-martin-optical-engineer-senior","title":"Optical Engineer Senior","company":{"id":37086,"name":"Lockheed Martin","domain":"lockheedmartin.com","url":"https://alion.io/company/lockheedmartin","size_band":"5000+","is_staffing_agency":false,"employer_type":"direct","is_intermediary":false,"listed_via":null,"ats_vendor":"Eightfold","truth_index":{"grade":"A","score":96,"open_postings":2234,"ghost_share":0.01,"stale_share":0,"repost_share":0.201,"time_to_fill_p50_days":33,"computed_at":"2026-10-31T05:58:55Z"}},"role":"Semiconductors","role_family":"Semiconductors","seniority":"senior","employment_type":null,"work_mode":"on_site","remote_scope":null,"remote_scope_basis":null,"remote_working_hours":null,"hiring_geo_confidence":"structured","locations":["Littleton, United States"],"countries":["US"],"hiring_countries":[],"hiring_countries_total":0,"salary":{"min":110300,"max":204900,"currency":"USD","period":"year","gross":null,"usd_annual":204900},"salary_estimate":null,"experience_years_min":3,"visa_sponsorship":false,"relocation_package":false,"has_equity":false,"technologies":[{"name":"MATLAB","optional":true},{"name":"Python","optional":true},{"name":"SLI/SLO/SLA","optional":true}],"status":"live","first_seen_at":"2026-10-28T00:59:00Z","employer_posted_date":"2026-10-28","last_verified_at":"2026-10-31T21:37:43Z","board_verified":true,"closed_at":null,"days_open":4,"trust":{"level":"ok","repost_count":null,"flags":[],"days_open":4},"description":"Standard Job Description\nWe are seeking a Senior Optical Engineer to design and analyze optical and electro-optical systems, primarily for space applications. Our team develops imaging, sensing, and laser systems from early concepts through flight hardware. You will own optical design and analysis for assigned systems and subsystems, support hands-on alignment, integration, and test, and collaborate across engineering disciplines to carry designs through verification. You will help set the objectives for your assignments, carry out the work independently with reviews at key milestones, develop practical solutions to complex optical problems, and work with senior engineers and program leadership on significant technical matters.\nThis role centers on optical design and analysis, and we do not expect experience in every area listed below. Design experience with imaging, laser, or other electro-optical systems is relevant, and space flight experience is a plus. A Master's degree or Ph.D. counts toward the experience requirement.\nResponsibilities\nDevelop and evaluate optical designs for assigned systems and subsystems, including refractive, reflective, and catadioptric designs (e.g., telescopes, relay optics, beam expanders).\nBuild optical models to predict system performance against requirements (e.g., image quality and radiometry for imaging systems; beam propagation for laser systems).\nAnalyze tolerances, sensitivities, and structural-thermal effects on optical performance (STOP), working with structural and thermal analysts, to guide fabrication, alignment, and integration.\nWork with systems engineers to derive optical requirements, and develop and maintain optical error budgets for assigned subsystems (e.g., wavefront error, MTF, line of sight, throughput).\nDevelop optical component specifications and support procurement and vendor acceptance.\nSupport optical alignment, integration, and test, including test planning, and correlate measured performance with model predictions.\nParticipate in troubleshooting and root-cause investigations of optical performance anomalies, and recommend design changes.\nCollaborate with systems, mechanical, thermal, stray light, manufacturing, and test engineers to resolve optical interfaces and to ensure designs are producible and testable.\nCommunicate technical findings and recommendations through analyses, internal and customer design reviews, and reports.\nContribute optical analyses to trade studies, technology development efforts, and proposals.\nBasic Qualifications\nBachelor's degree in optical engineering, physics, or related field; or equivalent combination of education and experience.\nThree or more years of related optical engineering experience, or two or more years with a Master's degree, or one or more years with a Ph.D.\nExperience performing optical design and analysis of optical or electro-optical systems (e.g., optimization, performance modeling, tolerancing) using optical design software.\nWorking knowledge of geometrical and physical optics, radiometry, and optical quality metrics (e.g., wavefront error, MTF, encircled energy).\nExperience performing engineering analysis and evaluating model or test data (e.g., using MATLAB, Python, or equivalent tools).\nExperience communicating technical results through written documentation and design review presentations.\nU.S. citizenship and the ability to obtain and maintain a TS/SCI security clearance.\nDesired Skills\nActive Top Secret/SCI clearance, or active Top Secret clearance with eligibility for SCI or other required compartmented access.\nExperience using Zemax OpticStudio or CODE V for optical design, optimization, and tolerancing.\nExperience developing optics or optical hardware for space flight.\nExperience applying tolerance, sensitivity, and structural-thermal-optical performance (STOP) analyses to hardware decisions.\nExperience with non-sequential and physical optics modeling (e.g., Zemax OpticStudio, FRED) for stray light, ghost, diffraction, or beam propagation analysis.\nExperience developing optical error budgets, radiometric or sensor performance models, or link budgets.\nUnderstanding of stray light and ghost mitigation techniques (e.g., baffles, stops, coatings) and experience working with stray light analysts to implement design changes.\nHands-on optical alignment and test experience (e.g., interferometry, MTF, encircled energy, beam profiling), including troubleshooting measured performance.\nExperience with optical systems in one or more spectral bands from visible through LWIR, including optical material and coating selection.\nExperience writing optical component specifications or statements of work and working with optical vendors.\nProficient in AI prompting as it applies to this position and practice \nPay Information\nFull-Time Salary Range: $110300.00 - $204900.00\nAt Lockheed Martin, we know mission success starts with taking care of our people. Our Total Rewards program is designed to attract top talent, support your well-being, and help you grow-both professionally and personally.\nThe salary range for this position is as listed on the requisition. Please note that the salary information listed is a general guideline only. Lockheed Martin considers factors such as (but not limited to) scope and responsibilities of the position, candidate's work experience, education/ training, key skills as well as market(work location) and business considerations when extending an offer.\nBenefits offered: Medical, Dental, Vision, Flexible work arrangements and schedules (e.g., 4x10), 401(k) match, Paid time off, Holidays, Parental Leave, EAP, Flexible Spending Accounts, Education Assistance, Life Insurance, Short-Term Disability, and Long-Term Disability.\nAnnual short-term and/or long-term incentive compensation programs may be offered depending on the position. Payments under these annual programs are not guaranteed and can vary from year to year and are tied to a range of performance metrics.\nFor (Washington state applicants only) Non-represented full-time employees: accrue at least 10 hours per month of Paid Time Off (PTO) to be used for incidental absences and other reasons; receive at least 90 hours for holidays. Represented full time employees accrue 6.67 hours of Vacation per month; accrue up to 52 hours of sick leave annually; receive at least 96 hours for holidays. 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