Optical Systems Engineer

Optical Systems Engineer

Open Cosmos

Multiple Locations

What You'll Be Doing

You will be managing all aspects of a development from requirements capture through to concept definition, design, implementation, all levels of testing and orbital operations support.

This role has a specialist aspect where you’ll be adding your expertise in optical payloads and managing work packages in space missions relating to this covering both programmatic and technical aspects.

This will include evaluating image quality and performance of optical payloads, as well as supporting the AIT/AIV phases, being responsible for the aligning and calibration processes.

You will be working with multiple stakeholders, supporting bid and sales teams, running customer meetings and presentations at all phases of the project and collaborating with partners and suppliers to push the boundaries of remote sensing from space.

This is a great opportunity to lead new developments that will set a new paradigm in providing actionable information from space.

What You’ll Bring

We care more about what you can do than where you learned it - if you’re excited by the mission, we’d love to hear from you even if you don’t tick every box.

To thrive in this role, you’ll bring:

• Responsibility for specific aspects of optical space systems. Hands on strong knowledge of Earth observation, remote sensing and optical designs is essential with the ability to apply this knowledge to system designs.
• The ability to be able to go from zero to commissioning in orbit of a complex optical payload in a short time scale.
• To effectively manage image quality budgets, you should have a thorough understanding of MTF, SNR, resolution, manufacturing techniques of optical systems and their limitations, thermo-mechanical aspects, detectors, etc.
• You’ll have planning exposure and supporting AIT and AIV activities, so we’ll expect you to be familiar with optical systems manufacturing, characterisation and testing.
• You’ll be performing mission analysis and system design, so be ready to manage requirements and utilise the best tools for the job, implement FMECA and design FDIR, manage system budgets and define CONOPs.
• The ability to coordinate other technical teams involved in the design process you should have strong applied knowledge of the satellite subsystems and other type of remote sensing payloads, in addition to optical payloads: power system, on-board data handling, AOCS, comms, propulsion, mechanical, thermal, RF and signal processing.