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Confirmed on the employer's own hiring board on Nov 9, 2026. First seen by Alion on Nov 4, 2026.

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Mynaric is a company near Munich founded in 2009 that manufactures laser communication terminals. Its optical links connect satellites, aircraft and ground stations at high data rates without radio spectrum. The company supplies constellation operators and defence programmes in Europe and the United States.
Backed by Helmholtz

Your way into the future

Join as Optical Metrology Engineer (m/f/x) and bring high-precision optics to life by developing cutting-edge test solutions that turn complex optical designs into reliable, serial-ready products.

What awaits you at Mynaric

  • You are responsible for development and build-up of test workstations for our in-house manufactured optical mirrors (e.g. aspheric and freeform optics) and telescope systems
  • You define optical alignment and test solutions prior to the manufacturing phase using devices such as autocollimators, interferometers, wavefront sensors, CGHs for measuring surface roughness, system wavefront errors, etc.
  • You support the development of geometric dimensioning and tolerancing test solutions using e.g. coordinate measurement machines
  • You define and perform reliability and reproducibility studies to qualify designed tests for serial production prior to release into manufacturing
  • You employ test methodology and hardware schemes for serial manufacturing test
  • You closely work together with Engineering and the Operations Team to ensure optical test capabilities are procured and successfully deployed
  • You work with Engineering to transition optical high-end assemblies from Design to Production.

What you bring with you

  • University degree in engineering/ physics or another relevant technical discipline (specialization in an optics/photonics is a plus)
  • Experience in setting-up optical alignment and test solutions with optical metrology equipment such as interferometers, autocollimators, wavefront sensors, and its relevant working tool such as Mx Software etc.
  • Strong problem-solving abilities and an understanding of test automation using industry-standard solutions such as LabView, Python, C++/C#
  • Good understanding of optical and mechanical design drawings (GD&T) and specifications
  • Experience in setting-up test solutions for high volume optics manufacturing is a plus
  • Experience with coordinate measurement machines and further geometric dimensioning and tolerancing metrology equipment is a plus
  • Experience in optical design & analysis tools such as Code V, Zemax or equivalent is a plus
  • Excellent communication skills, both verbal and written in English, German language is a plus.

What we offer you

Have you always wanted to wear your favorite space outfit to work?

Then you are exactly the right fit for us! Forget the office politics and come and work with inspiring colleagues from all over the world as you embark on an incredible journey with Mynaric to work on unique and challenging projects and make a real contribution to the future of connectivity.

We offer you permanent employment, varied areas of responsibility, and attractive employee benefits. Mynaric is absolutely committed to being an equal opportunity employer so we welcome applications from all qualified individuals regardless of ethnicity, sex, gender, disability, religion/belief, sexual orientation or age.

So if this sounds like the kind of place where you would like to work then apply today and be part of the company that is changing the world!

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