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- Employment type
- Full-time
- Experience level
- Mid-level · 2+ years
- Minimum education
- Bachelor’s degree
- Posting language
- English
- Working hours
- 40 hours per week
Job summary
The Optical Engineer I will design, analyze, and test star tracker products while maintaining existing systems. They will also support production, quality assurance, and business development teams with technical data and integration tasks.
Job details
The Optical Engineer I will design, analyze, and test star tracker products while maintaining existing systems. They will also support production, quality assurance, and business development teams with technical data and integration tasks. Candidates must hold a bachelor's degree in science or engineering with experience in mechanical or optical systems. Preferred qualifications include two years of relevant experience and proficiency with tools like Zemax, Python, or Matlab.
What you’ll do
The Optical Engineer I will design, analyze, and test star tracker products while maintaining existing systems. They will also support production, quality assurance, and business development teams with technical data and integration tasks.
Requirements
Candidates must hold a bachelor's degree in science or engineering with experience in mechanical or optical systems. Preferred qualifications include two years of relevant experience and proficiency with tools like Zemax, Python, or Matlab.
Benefits
- Medical insurance
- Dental insurance
- Vision insurance
- RRSP retirement plan
- Paid vacation
- Paid holidays
- Sick leave
- Paid parental leave
- Company stock
- Cash incentives
- Employee stock purchase program
Listed skills
- Data analysis · Preferred
- Root Cause Analysis · Preferred
- C++ · Preferred
- Git · Preferred
- Python · Preferred
Other relevant skills
Identified from the job description. Confirm important requirements above.
- Optical design
- Mechanical engineering
- Zemax OpticStudio
- Optomechanical design
- Data analysis
- Python
- Matlab
- Stray light analysis
- Embedded microcontroller development
- C
- Git
- SVN
- Root cause analysis
- Product testing
- Technical communication
Job areas
- Engineering
- Science & Research
- Manufacturing
- Technology
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