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This position is responsible to work independently and as a member of a team supporting the development of capital equipment. Candidates with less than the experience listed below may be considered at a level commensurate with their experience.\nEssential Functions\nDesign and document optical and opto-mechanical systems and components, such as laser beam delivery assemblies, scan lenses, galvanometer scan heads, beam combiners/splitters, and protective windows.\nPropose specifications, create test plans, and conduct validation for optical and opto-mechanical designs.\nMaintain and create optical layout drawings, alignment/calibration procedures, and opto-mechanical schematics for current and future products.\nManage suppliers for prototype and production optical and photonic components.\nSupport supply chain for management of end-of-life and obsolescence of optical and laser components.\nProvide optical engineering expertise in support of other job functions, including hardware/software/process engineering, manufacturing, supply chain, and field service.\nConduct system level integration and validation of designs (testing and troubleshooting).\nDrive continuous improvement related to enhancing optical performance, reliability, and manufacturability.\nDrive full documentation of design including BOM, drawings, and procedures.\nOversee and coordinate activities involved in fabrication, alignment, calibration, installation, and repair of optical and opto-mechanical systems.\nManage small to mid-sized projects from concept to production.\nCollaborate in a team environment working with Hardware, Software, and Process.\nParticipate in team and other assigned meetings.\nQualifications\nBachelor's degree from an accredited university in Optical Engineering, Physics, Mechanical Engineering, or a related field, or higher.\n6+ years of experience in Optical or Opto-Mechanical Systems Design and Development. \nExperience with optical design and analysis software, such as Zemax or CODE V.\nExperience with mechanical CAD, such as Solidworks.\nExperience with designing optical or laser systems for complex capital equipment in high value adding industries, such as additive, semiconductor, or photonics.\nHands on experience with prototyping, aligning, calibrating, or troubleshooting complex optical or laser systems.\nWorking knowledge of laser beam delivery hardware, such as beam expanders, scan lenses, galvanometer scanners, dynamic focusing units, or beam combining/splitting optics.\nGood experience in opto-mechanical design including GD&T, tolerance stack-up, and quality detail drawing documentation.\nFamiliarity with laser safety standards, such as IEC 60825.\nSystems level thinker with experience working on complex optical and mechanical systems.\nHigh level of commitment to contribute to a positive, high-paced and results-oriented work environment.\nWilling and able to work “hands-on” to build, integrate, align, and test newly developed optical systems and/or subsystems.\nSelf-driven and independent thinking. Ability to work independently.\nStrong desire to work for a company on disruptive technologies and make it a success.\nStrong written and oral communication skills.\nDesired Qualifications\nExperience with multi-laser or multi-beam array systems a plus but not required.\nMetal additive manufacturing experience a plus but not required.\nExperience with high-power fiber laser systems and associated beam delivery hardware.Experience with risk analysis methods such as FMEA or ISO12100.","description_format":"text","description_chars":3832,"description_truncated":false,"requirements":{"experience_years_min":6,"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":["3D Printers & Additive Manufacturing"],"lifecycle":[{"event":"open","at":"2026-09-19T01:56:30Z"}],"visa":[{"country":"US","licensed_sponsor":true,"adverts_offering_sponsorship_24m":0,"sanctioned_now":false,"evidence":"H-1B filings in 12 months: 1","filings_12m":1,"filings_prev_12m":1,"green_card_filings_12m":0,"median_offered_wage_usd":157500,"route":null,"cap_exempt":false,"checked_at":"2026-11-09T07:32:21+00:00","sources":["US Department of Labor: LCA disclosure data (H-1B, H-1B1, E-3)"],"filings_for_role_12m":0}],"liveness":{"score":63,"band":"ok","label":"Likely open","p_open":1,"p_active":0.841,"p_room":0.75,"age_days":51,"expected_fill_days":63,"reasons":["conf:4","win:late"],"computed_at":"2026-11-09T06:03:00Z"},"pay":null,"html_url":"https://alion.io/job/velo3d-sr-opto-mechanical-engineer","json_url":"https://alion.io/job/velo3d-sr-opto-mechanical-engineer.json","meta":{"generated_at":"2026-11-09T11:18:51Z","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":13077,"day_limit":null,"remaining_today":null,"minute_limit":300,"resets_at":"2026-11-10T00:00:00Z"}},"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":179696},"rest":"https://alion.io/mcp/rest/get_company?id=179696"},"human":"https://alion.io/catalog?offer=company.slices&for=job%2Fvelo3d-sr-opto-mechanical-engineer"},{"id":"market.stats","title":"A market slice: pay, demand and time to fill","status":"live","price":{"credits":2,"usd":0.2},"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%2Fvelo3d-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%2Fvelo3d-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/velo3d-sr-opto-mechanical-engineer\", \"note\": \"what you need it for\"}"},"human":"https://alion.io/catalog?offer=company.verify&for=job%2Fvelo3d-sr-opto-mechanical-engineer"}],"agent":{"mcp":"https://alion.io/mcp/jobs","mcp_open":"https://alion.io/mcp/open","next":[{"tool":"get_job","arguments":{"id":1054933}},{"tool":"search_jobs","arguments":{"company":"velo3d.com","detail":"compact"}},{"tool":"match_people","arguments":{"job_id":1054933},"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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