Sr EO​/IR Systems Engineer

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Teledyne Technologies Incorporated provides enabling technologies for industrial growth markets that require advanced technology and high reliability. These markets include aerospace and defense, factory automation, air and water quality environmental monitoring, electronics design and development, oceanographic research, deepwater oil and gas exploration and production, medical imaging and pharmaceutical research.

We are looking for individuals who thrive on making an impact and want the excitement of being on a team that wins.

Job Description

About Teledyne FLIR Defense

Join Teledyne FLIR Defense, where we're dedicated to supporting critical missions with an exciting range of cutting-edge technologies. Our products include advanced surveillance sensors, unmanned air and ground vehicles, sensing devices used to detect chemicals, biological agents, radiation and explosives, and a host of other solutions that help warfighters, first responders, and search-and-rescue teams do their jobs better.

We're looking for passionate innovators eager to shape the future of the Defense and Public Safety industries. If you're mission-driven to globally collaborate on solutions that can change the battlefield and save lives, we invite you to explore our current opportunities.

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Job Summary:

The Senior EO/IR Systems Engineer will play a primary systems engineering role. The successful candidate will be responsible for sophisticated Electro-Optical (visible-NIR), SWIR, MWIR, and LWIR reflective and refractive optical imaging payload development, integration, and design verification test (DVT) plan development and implementation. This role supports cutting-edge technological ISR (Intelligence, Surveillance, and Reconnaissance) and ISR-T surveillance product development through the NPI (New Product Introduction) process, spanning from early prototyping to full market launch.

Key responsibilities include specifications and requirements development, characterization, trade studies, tolerancing, radiometric modeling and analysis, system integration, testing, and image quality evaluation.

Primary

Duties & Responsibilities:

* Lead and contribute to optical subsystem payload development and integration into higher-level, full gimbal systems for airborne and land surveillance applications. Payloads include EO/SWIR/MWIR/LWIR image sensors, laser rangefinders, and optional laser designators.

* Actively participate in optical and imaging system design, alignment, and testing, as well as gimbal system design, operation, testing, and spatial (6 DOF) sensing systems.

* Perform optical design of discrete and continuous reflective and refractive optical zoom imaging systems using ZEMAX tools.

* Develop and maintain specifications and requirements for optical components, optical imaging subsystems, and complete optical systems.

* Perform radiometric and image quality analysis for EO/SWIR/MWIR/LWIR image sensors.

* Create, review, and present flow-down specifications for subcontracting optical components and subsystems.

* Create Design Verification Test (DVT) plans and test procedures for all payload and full-system characterizations.

* Support manufacturing group in creating acceptance test plans (ATPs) for future product manufacturing and testing.

* Perform laboratory testing to characterize, evaluate, and calibrate optical lenses and Cassegrain telescopes.

* Test and characterize EO/SWIR/MWIR/LWIR imaging sensors and camera performance metrics-such as MTF, NETD, SiTF, 3D noise, FOV, boresight, and latency-at both the subsystem level and the fully integrated, software-driven gimbal system level.

* Review optomechanical interface models and drawings, electrical schematics, and software features/functions to provide constructive feedback to designers.

* Support the New Product Introduction (NPI) process and Design for Manufacturability (DFM).

* Support Business Development and Sales by analyzing new customer requirements, writing proposals, modeling sensor performance, and responding to technical inquiries.

* Provide systems engineering support to manufacturing as requested.

Job Qualifications:

* Education:

BS, MS, or Ph.D. in Optical Engineering, Electronic Engineering, or a closely related disciplinary field.

* Experience:

7+ years of direct experience in EO/SWIR/IR optical design, optical imaging system design, and characterization.

* Core Knowledge:
Solid foundational knowledge and deep understanding of visible and infrared imaging optics, as well as EO/IR imaging sensors.

* System Integration:
Solid, hands-on experience integrating EO/IR image sensors into gimbal systems.

* Material Expertise:
Excellent knowledge base and experience working with VIS/NIR/SWIR/MWIR/LWIR optical materials.

* Optical Design Tools:
Demonstrated hands-on experience designing optical lenses, reflective imaging optics, prisms, and optical filters for EO/IR imaging using ZEMAX tools.

* Testing & Characterization:
Demonstrated hands-on experience testing and…