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About the role
Muon seeks a Senior Optical Test Engineer to join our team in Mountain View, CA developing infrared remote sensing instruments. The ideal candidate is a self-motivated engineer with a versatile skill set, comfortable diving into everything from precision optical metrology to rigorous environmental testing. In this role, you will drive the hands-on testing, characterization, and environmental qualification of critical optical, optomechanical, and moving mechanism subsystems. Found on 1752vc Careers, the job board for startup and VC roles.
What they're looking for
- Ph.D. and 3+ years of experience working with imaging systems or remote sensing instruments within a multi-disciplinary environment, or M.S. and 6+ years industry experience, or B.S. and 8+ years industry experience
- Basic software skills in one or more languages (e.g. Python, C++)
- Experience working with precision optical and mechanical metrology equipment
- Experience with root cause analysis efforts and performing rigorous data analysis, post-processing, and test report generation
- Excellent communication, presentation, and organization skills
- Excited to work in a fast-paced environment with new challenges each week
More about this role
Muon seeks a Senior Optical Test Engineer to join our team in Mountain View, CA developing infrared remote sensing instruments. The ideal candidate is a self-motivated engineer with a versatile skill set, comfortable diving into everything from precision optical metrology to rigorous environmental testing. In this role, you will drive the hands-on testing, characterization, and environmental qualification of critical optical, optomechanical, and moving mechanism subsystems. Previous experience designing test campaigns, developing ground support equipment, and integrating complex electro-optical systems in a fast-paced, small-team environment is preferred.
This position is fully onsite and requires working in our Mountain View office five days a week.
- Drive optical, optomechanical, and moving mechanism component and subsystem test efforts including definition of test strategy and standards, creation of test procedures, test execution, post-processing/data analysis, and generation of test reports.
- Conduct functional, performance, and environmental testing (including vibration, thermal-vacuum/TVAC, and thermal stress) at both the subsystem and instrument levels.
- Develop and...
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