Optical Mechanical Engineer

Advanced Engineering & Sciences (AES) is a Division of ITT Industries. We have a talented staff of engineers and scientists who maintain the critical skills necessary to tackle our customers' most complex tasks and problems.

AES is known for our ability to develop and apply innovative solutions to problems and threats. We understand current and future markets, anticipate customer needs, and shape innovative and cost effective technology solutions.

The application of our premier engineering and scientific resources
has allowed us to achieve preeminence as a technological leader. We work in the following areas:

Applied technology
Communications systems integration
Information collection, management, security, processing and control
Missile defense
Nuclear, biological and chemical defense
Space and intelligence systems
Telecommunications

If you are looking for a challenging career where you can put your
talents to work finding innovative solutions to complex problems, then you have found the right company!


We are seeking an Optical Mechanical Engineer to join our Herndon staff to perform design and analysis of optical telescopes for use in free space optical communication. In this position you will be integrating and testing optical communication terminals; performing design and analysis of fiber-optic communications systems; and performing optical loss budget analysis. You will also be interacting with vendors to have subsystem components fabricated and validated.

As a member of our team you will also be required to assist in field testing of terminals that will require some work in adverse environments (desert, heat, cold). Field testing typically is for a week or two, once every year or so, but could last up to several weeks at a time.

The successful candidate will have experience with various methods of optical fabrication (i.e. grinding, polishing, diamond turning), proficiency with Zemax-EE and experience with mechanical design. Experience with SolidWorks is highly desirable, but proficiency with CAD is required. Experience with atmospheric propagations is also highly desired. Candidates should have at least 6 years experience with a BS, or at least 4 years experience with an MS degree, but notable accomplishments may alleviate this somewhat. This position requires some lifting, not to exceed 50lbs.

This position requires candidates to have the ability to obtain a favorable Single Scope Background Investigation (SSBI) which requires US Citizenship.

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