Senior Optical Engineer

Your way into the future

Join us as Senior Optical Engineer (m/f/d) and work with us on changing the future!

What awaits you at Mynaric

• Own optical system simulation and analysis for free-space laser communication terminals, from concept to detailed design, using ZEMAX OpticStudio.
• Model and verify optical performance, including beam propagation, polarization behavior, optical losses and tolerance budgets.
• Plan and support optical verification in the lab: define test setups, perform measurements and correlate results with simulations.
• Define technical requirements for optical systems, sub-systems and components, and support procurement with review and release of optical drawings.
• Support qualification of optical components and prototype systems, partly under clean room conditions.
• Drive design trades with opto-mechanics, thermal, electronics and control teams to meet performance, size, cost and manufacturability targets.
• Optional: Optimize optical systems for stray and false light using FRED or ASAP.

What you bring with you

• Required experience: Minimum 6 years of hands-on professional experience in the field.
• University degree in Physics, Optics/Photonics, or a related discipline.
• Minimum 6 years of hands-on professional experience in optical design, simulation and lab verification, ideally for space or airborne systems.
• Proven hands-on proficiency in ZEMAX OpticStudio; experience with COMSOL Multiphysics or STOP analysis is a plus.
• Hands-on lab experience aligning (infrared) optical systems, building test setups and operating optical measurement equipment.
• Practical experience with fiber optics, laser beam propagation and polarization optics.
• Structured and well-documented way of working.
• Team spirit and eagerness to learn and share knowledge.

What we offer you

Have you always wanted to wear your favorite space outfit to work? Then you are exactly the right fit for us! Forget the office politics and come and work with inspiring colleagues from all over the world as you embark on an incredible journey with Mynaric to work on unique and challenging projects and make a real contribution to the future of connectivity.

We offer you permanent employment, varied areas of responsibility, and attractive employee benefits. Mynaric is absolutely committed to being an equal opportunity employer so we welcome applications from all qualified individuals regardless of ethnicity, sex, gender, disability, religion/belief, sexual orientation or age.

So if this sounds like the kind of place where you would like to work then apply today and be part of the company that is changing the world!