# Optical Design and Analysis Engineer (Lead or Senior)

**Company**: The Boeing Company
**Location**: Albuquerque, NM
**Work arrangement**: onsite
**Experience**: senior
**Job type**: full-time
**Salary**: $136,850 - $185,150 (Lead), $164,900 - $223,100 (Senior)
**Category**: Engineering
**Industry**: Aerospace & Defence

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## Description

The Boeing Company is seeking Lead or Senior Optical Design and Analysis Engineers to join our team in Albuquerque, New Mexico developing advanced concepts on a DOD proprietary program.

We are looking for candidates with experience in design and analysis of complex optical assemblies or systems. This position will work with extremely talented, high-performing, multi-disciplined engineering teams to work on state-of-the-art adaptive optics and optical imaging systems.

**Responsibilities:**

- Develop subsystem architecture and designs of optical systems, assemblies, components, etc. to be integrated into higher-level systems and platforms.

- Define optical systems, assemblies, components, etc. performance and tolerance requirements.

- Perform trade studies, modeling, simulation, and other forms of analysis to predict components, interconnects, and system performance and to optimize design around established requirements.

- Define and conduct tests of various kinds to validate performance of designs to requirements.

- Analyze data to validate designs of complex optical systems, components, etc.

**Requirements:**

- Active U.S. Secret Security Clearance (U.S. Citizenship Required).

- Ability to obtain access to Sensitive Compartmented Information (SCI) Programs (Post Start).

- Bachelor of Science degree in Engineering (with a focus in Electrical, Mechanical, or Aeronautical), Computer Science, Data Science, Mathematics, Physics, Chemistry, or non-US equivalent qualifications directly related to the work statement.

- 9+ years of experience in design and/or modeling electro-optical systems such as Zemax OpticStudio, Code V, or similar.

- 9+ years of experience using scientific programming languages (i.e., Python, MATLAB, etc.) for data analysis and/or modeling.

**Preferred Qualifications:**

- 14+ years of related work experience or an equivalent combination of education and experience.

- Active U.S. Top Secret/SCI Security Clearance.

- Bachelor of Science degree in optical, electrical engineering, or physics.

- Experience working with adaptive optics systems.

- Experience with data processing and image analysis techniques.

- Experience designing and integrating complex optical systems.

**Benefits:**

- Competitive base pay and variable compensation opportunities.

- Health insurance, flexible spending accounts, health savings accounts, retirement savings plans, life and disability insurance programs, and a number of programs that provide for both paid and unpaid time away from work.

**Pay Range:**

- Lead (Level 4): $136,850 - $185,150

- Senior (Level 5): $164,900 - $223,100

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## Skills

### Required
- Zemax OpticStudio
- Code V
- Python
- MATLAB
- electro-optical systems
- data analysis
- modeling

### Nice to have
- adaptive optics systems
- data processing
- image analysis techniques
- complex optical systems

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