# Optomechanical Integration & Test Engineer (Miami, FL) **Company**: Exowatt **Location**: Miami, FL **Work arrangement**: onsite **Experience**: senior **Job type**: full-time **Category**: Engineering **Industry**: Technology **Apply**: https://jobs.lever.co/exowatt/98ccb27c-cdf4-4ce5-9c2f-baa77c9a7fc0?utm_source=yubhub.co&utm_medium=jobs_feed&utm_campaign=apply **Canonical**: https://yubhub.co/jobs/job_268c0f17-98c ## Description Exowatt is revolutionizing the energy landscape for the AI era with our groundbreaking P3 system that captures solar energy, stores it as heat, and generates electricity on demand. We are seeking an Optomechanical Integration & Test Engineer to join our optics team. The team owns the full design-to-commissioning lifecycle for our tracker hardware: precision optical elements and the structures that position them, solar tracking architectures, structural analysis under wind and gravity loading, and the instrumentation that turns prototypes into measured systems. This role owns the last part of the process: proving, with numbers you can defend, that precision optics on a large structure that moves all day, outdoors, under wind, gravity, and thermal swings, actually deliver the energy the models promise, and finding out exactly why when they don't. Key Responsibilities: - Own optical test stands end to end, from indoor characterization benches to the high-flux test facility to outdoor on-sun stands: concept, CAD, fixtures, instrumentation, commissioning, first light, and day-to-day operation - Design and run test campaigns from hypothesis to conclusion: write the test plan, build the setup, take the data, quantify the uncertainty, and present results that drive real design decisions - Characterize optical components and assemblies: alignment verification, focal and flux measurements, camera-based flux mapping, radiometry and thermal power measurement, reflectance and transmittance - Develop precision alignment procedures and tooling for optical assemblies on tracker platforms, and verify pointing and tracking accuracy in the field - Select, mount, wire, and calibrate instrumentation (radiometers and power sensors, thermocouples, cameras, tilt sensors, encoders, weather and irradiance instruments) and integrate everything into DAQ systems - Automate tests in Python: instrument control, data acquisition, analysis pipelines, and the plots and reports that make results legible to the whole team - Make the test infrastructure agent-ready: expose instruments, test sequencing, and data pipelines through clean scriptable interfaces so AI agents can configure a test, run it, watch it overnight, and flag anomalies - Close the loop between simulation and hardware: compare measured optical performance against raytrace predictions and chase discrepancies to root cause - Run environmental and durability testing on optical components (thermal cycling, weathering, soiling) and help build the reliability story for hardware that must survive decades outdoors - Own test safety around concentrated flux: hazard analyses, interlocks, PPE, and safe operating procedures for indoor high-flux testing and on-sun operations Qualifications: - BS or MS in Optical Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, Electrical Engineering, Aerospace Engineering, Physics, or a closely related discipline - 2+ years of hands-on laboratory, test, or integration experience with optical or precision hardware - Strong fundamentals in math and physics - Hands-on experience on an optical bench: mounting, aligning, and characterizing optics - Instrumentation fundamentals: sensor selection, signal conditioning, calibration, and DAQ integration - Python for test automation and data analysis - Fluency with AI coding agents (Claude Code, Codex, or similar) as a daily engineering tool - Working knowledge of a parametric CAD tool for fixtures and test hardware - The discipline of good measurement: controlling variables, calibrating before trusting, quantifying uncertainty - A track record of building real test setups or hardware - Comfort with both bench and field work - Structured root-cause instincts when results look wrong - Strong written communication - The temperament to hold your ideas loosely Preferred Qualifications: - Radiometry or photometry experience - Exposure to concentrating optics, heliostat or CPV testing, or high-flux measurement - Camera-based metrology and image processing - Thermal measurement experience - Design validation and reliability practices - Motion control experience - Exposure to optical simulation and comparing measurement against model - Statistics for test engineering - Experience building agentic systems around real hardware or simulation - Machine shop skills and rapid prototyping - Interest in solar energy, heliostats, or large-scale renewable infrastructure Additional Requirements: - Willingness to work extended hours and occasional weekends when test campaigns, commissioning windows, or program deadlines demand it - Ability to lift up to 25 lbs unassisted, and to work on ladders and lifts and around energized equipment and concentrated light with appropriate PPE - Ability to work outdoors in Miami heat for extended periods during field testing - Occasional travel to vendors, calibration labs, and field sites What We Offer: - Competitive salary and equity options - Comprehensive benefits package, including health, dental, and retirement plans - Dynamic work environment that fosters creativity and innovation - Opportunities for professional growth and development in a rapidly evolving industry - Relocation assistance ## Skills ### Required - Optical Engineering - Mechanical Engineering - Electrical Engineering - Aerospace Engineering - Physics - Python - AI coding agents - parametric CAD tools - instrumentation fundamentals - DAQ integration - radiometry - photometry ### Nice to have - concentrating optics - heliostat or CPV testing - high-flux measurement - camera-based metrology - image processing - thermal measurement - design validation - reliability practices - motion control - optical simulation --- Source: [Apply at jobs.lever.co](https://jobs.lever.co/exowatt/98ccb27c-cdf4-4ce5-9c2f-baa77c9a7fc0?utm_source=yubhub.co&utm_medium=jobs_feed&utm_campaign=apply)