# Senior Optics Engineer at Space Kinetic Corp.

- Company: Space Kinetic Corp.
- What the company does: Building resilient in-space supply lines. Backed by Space Capital.
- Company website: https://spacekinetic.com
- Type: Startups
- Level: Senior
- Location: El Segundo, California
- Work setup: On-site
- Posted: 2026-08-20
- Apply by: 2026-10-14
- Apply: https://job-boards.greenhouse.io/spacekinetic/jobs/5396305008
- Page: https://www.1752.vc/careers/jobs/space-kinetic-corp-senior-optics-engineer/

## About the role

We are seeking a Senior Optics Engineer to own the design, integration, and qualification of optical and optomechanical systems for our spacecraft and payload technologies. This is a hands-on role for an engineer who has taken complex optical hardware from early architecture through alignment, environmental testing, and flight-ready production.

## What they're looking for

- Own optical and optomechanical systems from requirements and architecture through detailed design, integration, qualification, and production
- Design and analyze imaging, sensing, laser, infrared, or free-space optical systems using first-principles optical engineering
- Develop optical prescriptions, performance models, error budgets, tolerance analyses, stray-light assessments, and system-level trade studies
- Design and integrate lenses, detectors, mounts, baffles, windows, thermal interfaces, alignment features, and other precision optical hardware
- Develop alignment, calibration, metrology, and automated test methods to characterize optical performance
- Plan and execute environmental qualification, including vibration, shock, thermal-vacuum, and other mission-specific testing

Tags: Engineering