Basic Qualifications:
 

•  Bachelor’s degree in Engineering or Applied Science
•  Minimum 10 years of relevant design and test experience, with a specialty in opto-mechanical hardware
• Design development in a R&D environment
• Clear and concise verbal and written communication skills, with the ability to effectively communication technical information across different levels of the organization and externally
•  Experience with mechanical design, industrial design, lens design, clean room work
•   Developing hardware for the space, vacuum and or similar harsh environments.
•  Environmental testing experience (TVAC, Vibration, Shock).
•  Background in the development of small compact, highly capable optical components.
•  Developing High-Volume optical production.
•  3D modeling using CAD tools such as CREO, Solidworks or NX.
•  Passion to develop solutions and trouble shoot problems.
• Lens design using tools such as Code V or Zemax
• Accommodation is available upon request for applicants with disabilities under the Ontario Human Rights Cod

Responsibilities:

•  Participate as a key team member in the development of unique mechanical concepts for optics, optical mount, flexures and structures with critical constraints that meet the demanding requirements of space applications.
•  Lead the development, build and test of hardware that is driven towards lower cost and higher volumes.
•  Develop strategies and methods to be able to efficiently and quickly build and test systems and components that require critically precise alignment.
•  Defining the assembly, integration, and test of complex optical systems and leading the execution of those activities.
•  Using optical test equipment to measure optical performance, and optical alignments
•  Environmental testing of equipment.