Optomechanical Engineer

Role: Optomechanical Engineer

Employment Type: Full Time

Educational Qualification: Bachelor's degree or higher in Mechanical or Optical Engineering with strong industry experience.

Work Experience: Minimum 4 years of optical-mechanical design experience, including a strong “hands-on” background with optomechanical assemblies.

Role Description:
As an Optomechanical Engineer we are looking for one who designs, develops, and integrates optical and mechanical systems to ensure precision alignment and performance. They collaborate on prototyping, testing, and optimizing systems for applications in fields like aerospace, defense, and photonics.

Responsibilities & Duties: 

1. You will devise complex camera systems that integrate mechanical, optical and electrical components as you translate optical requirements and sensitivities into mechanical requirements.
2. You will collaborate with Pixxel's manufacturing partners and internal stakeholders to design and integrate subsystems.
3. You will be responsible for the development and evaluation of optomechanical designs with considerations of tolerance and stability over environmental ranges and reliability requirements.
4. You will drive definition of system alignment and mechanical calibration procedures for various assembly and test stations.
5. You will also contribute to project planning for development schedules/BOMs to meet all build stages up to flight readiness.
6. Please note that you may be asked to travel (domestic or international) to support design and manufacturing activities including quality control and source inspection from time-to-time.
   
   

Desirable Skills & Certifications:

• Prior experience in designing industry grade optical subassemblies, including the design of optical mounts (lenses, mirrors, sensors, prisms, windows)

• Demonstrated experience in FEA modelling tools.

• Proficiency in CAD (preferably Creo Pro/E/SolidWorks) with at least 3 years of experience working with the same.

• Experience with complex, tight-tolerance opto-mechanical design.

• Strong command in tolerance analysis of optical systems, including the use of Geometric Dimensioning & Tolerancing (GD&T).

• Exposure/knowledge about thermal properties, space-qualified materials and adhesives.

• Excellent written and verbal communication skills.

Candidate Acumen:
The ideal candidate should excel in designing and integrating optical and mechanical systems with precision, using CAD and simulation tools. Proficiency in prototyping, testing, and aligning optical components is essential.

Benefits:
Health insurance coverage
Unlimited leaves & flexible working hours
Role-based remote work and work-from-home benefit
Relocation assistance
Professional Mental Wellness services
Creche facility for primary caregivers (limited to India)
Employee Stock Options for all hires

About Pixxel

Pixxel is a space data company, building a constellation of hyperspectral earth imaging satellites and the analytical tools to mine insights from that data. Pixxel’s constellation is designed to provide global coverage every 24 hours and help detect, monitor, and predict global phenomena across agriculture, mining, environment and energy use cases.

Pixxel is on a mission to build a health monitor for the planet through a constellation of cutting-edge hyperspectral small satellites. This unique hyperspectral capability will be the key to unearth underlying, unseen problems that are invisible to satellites in orbit today. 

Pixxel has collaborated with prominent organizations such as the Indian Space Research Organization, NASA JPL, and SpaceX among other leaders in the space industry. The organization is backed by Lightspeed, Radical Ventures, Relativity's Jordan Noone, Seraphim Capital, Ryan Johnson, Blume Ventures, Sparta LLC and Accenture among others.

Recently, Pixxel successfully raised $36 Million in its Series B funding round, with participation from new investors like Google, alongside existing investors, bringing the company's total venture funding to $71 Million.

To know more about us, visit https://www.pixxel.space.

Link to Pixxel in Media :
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