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The Directed Energy group develops and demonstrates laser systems in the tens to hundreds of kilowatts class for counter-uncrewed aircraft system (C-UAS) and short range air defence roles, spanning the laser source, beam director, tracking and fire control, power and thermal management, and platform integration.\nAs an Optical Engineer you will own the path from the laser output to the target: beam expansion, relay optics, fast steering, the beam director telescope, and the sensing that keeps the spot where it needs to be. High irradiance changes what is acceptable in an optical design, and this role is where those constraints are resolved.\nYou will move between optical design software, the optical bench, the integration floor and the range, and you will be accountable for as-built performance rather than a nominal design.\nEvery role in this team spends time in the field. Our systems are proven at the test range and on trial sites, and you will be there when that happens.\nPrimary duties\nThe job plays a pivotal role in the optical performance of EOS directed energy systems, from beam director design through to delivered irradiance on target.\nYou will provide expertise in high power optical design, tolerancing, alignment and characterisation, and in the interface between optical performance and the mechanical, control and laser subsystems that determine it.\nKey Responsibilities\nDesign beam director and beam path optical trains, including telescopes, relay optics, fast steering mirrors, dichroics and folded beam paths.\nModel optical performance including tolerance analysis, stray light, ghost paths and thermal effects under sustained high irradiance.\nSpecify optics, substrates and coatings for high power operation, including damage threshold, absorption, wavefront and cleanliness requirements.\nDevelop alignment strategies and procedures and 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