Senior Optical Engineer

Senior Optical Engineer

at Envision Technology (view profile)
Published February 10, 2026
Expires May 11, 2026
Location Manchester, New Hampshire
Job Type Full-time  

Description

Envision Technology, an innovative small business providing advanced electro-optical solutions for defense applications, seeks a Senior Optical Engineer. In this role, you are responsible for optical design, modeling, and manufacture of the organization’s EOIR products.

Responsibilities:

• Develop detailed optical requirements based on system-level specifications.

• Design, tolerance, and manage new optical designs.

• Mentor Junior level optical engineers.

• Articulate design trade-offs to Program Management and other design discipline leads

• Define, design, and manage new technology in support of IRAD development efforts

• Interface with others in a fast-paced, multi-discipline environment, including mechanical, electrical, software, optical engineers, program managers, and assemblers

• Troubleshoot and disposition prototype and production optical issues

• Other tasks as assigned

Qualifications:

• Bachelors degree in Optical Engineering or other related technical field with 15+ years of industry experience or Masters degree with 10+ years or PHD with 7+ years

• Expert level experience with Zemax Optics Studio and ZOS-API programming

• Programing experience for data analysis in Matlab, C++,C#,Python

• Experience with Optical testing, Interferometers and MTF test benches

• Analytical and Statistical skills

• Experience with Microsoft Office applications including Word, Excel, and PowerPoint

Additional Information:

• Travel within the US or internationally to customer locations may be required occasionally to support product testing or design reviews

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