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Optical Design, Integration, and Test Engineer (Experienced, Senior, Lead)

Boeing
Albuquerque, United Statesfull_timeVerifiedPosted 18 Jun 2025
💰 $196,650/yr($97,750/yr$196,650/yr)

About the role

Optical Design, Integration, and Test Engineer (Experienced, Senior, Lead)

Company:

The Boeing Company

Position Overview:

Boeing is seeking experienced Optical Engineers to join our team in Albuquerque, NM supporting advanced concepts development. We are seeking candidates with experience in optical design, integration of optical systems, and field testing of systems. This position will work with extremely talented, high performing, multi-disciplined engineering teams to work on start-of-the-art adaptive optics and optical imaging systems.

Albuquerque is a tremendous place – rich in culture, adventure, and natural beauty and home to talented and generous people.


Position Responsibilities:

  • Develops architectures to integrate systems and components into higher level systems and platforms. 

  • Performs trade studies, modeling, simulation and other forms of analysis to predict component, interconnects and system performance and to optimize design around established requirements. 

  • Defines and conducts tests of various kinds to validate performance of designs to requirements. These tests could include, but not limited to, optical metrology of individual components, testing optical breadboards to be integrated into larger systems, working with engineering teams to test full systems, etc.

  • Analyzes data to validate designs of complex systems.

Basic Qualifications (Required Skills/Experience): 

  • Bachelor of Science degree from an accredited course of study in engineering, engineering technology (includes manufacturing engineering technology), chemistry, physics, mathematics, data science, or computer science. Degree in optical engineering is preferred

  • 5+ years of experience performing modeling and/or simulation of Electro-Optical and Infrared systems with a technical computing language, such as Matlab or Mathematica

  • 5+ years of experience with design, development, testing, and troubleshooting of advanced Electro-Optical Systems


Preferred Qualifications (Desired Skills/Experience):

  • Active Top Secret Security Clearance

  • Experience working with adaptive optics systems

  • Experience designing and integrating optical systems

Drug Free Workplace:

Boeing is a Drug Free Workplace where post offer applicants and employees are subject to testing for marijuana, cocaine, opioids, amphetamines, PCP, and alcohol when criteria is met as outlined in our policies.

Pay & Benefits:

At Boeing, we strive to deliver a Total Rewards package that will attract, engage and retain the top talent. Elements of the Total Rewards package include competitive base pay and variable compensation opportunities.

The Boeing Company also provides eligible employees with an opportunity to enroll in a variety of benefit programs, generally including health insurance, flexible spending accounts, health savings accounts, retirement savings plans, life and disability insurance programs, and a number of programs that provide for both paid and unpaid time away from work.

The specific programs and options available to any given employee may vary depending on eligibility factors such as geographic location, date of hire, and the applicability of collective bargaining agreements.

Pay is based upon candidate experience and qualifications, as well as market and business considerations.

Summary pay range (level 3): $97,750 - $132,250

Summary pay range (level 4): $118,150 - $159,850

Summary pay range (level 5): $145,350 - $196,650

Language Requirements:

Not Applicable

Education:

Bachelor's Degree or Equivalent

Relocation:

This position offers relocation based on candidate eligibility.

Export Control Requirement:

This position must meet export control compliance requirements. To meet export control compliance requirements, a “U.S. Person” as defined by 22 C.F.R. §120.15 is required. “U.S. Person” includes U.S. Citizen, lawful permanent resident, refugee, or asylee.

Safety Sensitive:

This is not a Safety Sensitive Position.

Security Clearance:

This position requires an active U.S. Secret Security Clearance (U.S. Citizenship Required). (A U.S. Security Clearance that has been active in the past 24 months is considered active)

Visa Sponsorship:

Employer will not sponsor applicants for employment visa status.

Contingent Upon Award Program

This position is not contingent upon program award

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