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Ability and experience taking designs from requirement definition through drawing generation, fabrication, assembly, and test.\nBroad understanding of applicable industry and/or academic practices and standards in opto-mechanical systems including mounting optical elements and optical instrument structural design.\nFamiliarity with optical design tools such as Zemax or FRED is a plus.\nExcellent written and verbal communication skills.\nAbility to work in a customer-focused team environment.\nIntegration and test experience with spaceflight hardware a plus.","description_format":"text","description_chars":2008,"description_truncated":false,"requirements":{"experience_years_min":10,"management_years_min":null,"team_size_min":null,"manages_managers":false,"education":{"level":"bachelor","optional":false},"security_clearance":false,"languages":[]},"benefits":[],"hiring_locations":[],"hiring_excludes":[],"relocation_offered":false,"industries":["Science & Engineering","Space & Aerospace"],"lifecycle":[{"event":"open","at":"2026-10-15T10:05:59Z"},{"event":"close","at":"2026-11-07T18:27:56Z"}],"visa":[],"liveness":null,"pay":null,"html_url":"https://alion.io/job/sierra-lobo-sr-opto-mechanical-engineer","json_url":"https://alion.io/job/sierra-lobo-sr-opto-mechanical-engineer.json","meta":{"generated_at":"2026-11-15T00:33:42Z","cache_seconds":300,"methodology":"https://alion.io/methodology","terms":"https://alion.io/terms","contact":"https://alion.io/contact","api":"https://alion.io/developers","about":"Alion is a live layer of people, companies and AI agents: who they are, whether they are real and active right now, what they do and how to work with them, readable by people and by agents and paid per call.","catalog":"https://alion.io/catalog.json","usage":{"tier":"crawler_verified","counted_by":"address","units_charged":1,"used_today":1005,"day_limit":null,"remaining_today":null,"minute_limit":300,"resets_at":"2026-11-16T00:00:00Z"}},"offers":[{"id":"company.slices","title":"One company in depth, by slice","status":"live","price":{"credits":0.1,"usd":0.01,"plus_per_slice":{"credits":0.05,"usd":0.005}},"unit":"per company, plus each slice with data","note":"the employer in depth","call":{"mcp_tool":"get_company","arguments":{"id":2585284},"rest":"https://alion.io/mcp/rest/get_company?id=2585284"},"human":"https://alion.io/catalog?offer=company.slices&for=job%2Fsierra-lobo-sr-opto-mechanical-engineer"},{"id":"market.stats","title":"A market slice: pay, demand and time to fill","status":"free","price":{"credits":0,"usd":0},"unit":"per slice","note":"pay, demand and time to fill for this role and place","call":{"mcp_tool":"market_stats"},"human":"https://alion.io/catalog?offer=market.stats&for=job%2Fsierra-lobo-sr-opto-mechanical-engineer"},{"id":"job.search","title":"Open jobs by role, technology, place, pay and visa","status":"live","price":{"credits":0.1,"usd":0.01},"unit":"per posting in a list","note":"similar open postings","call":{"mcp_tool":"search_jobs"},"human":"https://alion.io/catalog?offer=job.search&for=job%2Fsierra-lobo-sr-opto-mechanical-engineer"},{"id":"company.verify","title":"Is this company real and active right now","status":"pilot","price":null,"unit":"per company","request":{"url":"https://alion.io/catalog/request","method":"POST","body":"{\"offer\": \"company.verify\", \"for\": \"job/sierra-lobo-sr-opto-mechanical-engineer\", \"note\": \"what you need it for\"}"},"human":"https://alion.io/catalog?offer=company.verify&for=job%2Fsierra-lobo-sr-opto-mechanical-engineer"}],"agent":{"mcp":"https://alion.io/mcp/jobs","mcp_open":"https://alion.io/mcp/open","next":[{"tool":"get_job","arguments":{"id":2607085}},{"tool":"search_jobs","arguments":{"company":"sierralobo.com","detail":"compact"}},{"tool":"match_people","arguments":{"job_id":2607085},"note":"people open to offers who fit this vacancy"}],"note":"The same data through MCP tools: https://alion.io/mcp/open needs no sign-in (compact searches, postings, people); https://alion.io/mcp with an Alion account has everything. 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