Senior Opto-Mechanical Engineer

Responsibilities

• Design and build complex opto-mechanical systems
• Integrate high power lasers and high speed camera solutions
• Create drawings specifically to opto-mechanical GD&T standards
• Establish and own the precision alignment process including method, procedure, and software used
• Perform test and characterization of optical performance including process, equipment selection, and passing criteria
• Work closely with our process engineering team to solve physics-based interdependencies
• Work closely with mechanical, electrical, and software engineering teams to develop a robust and scalable system architecture

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in optics, mechanical engineering or related technical field
• 7+ years of experience in opto-mechanical systems design and development
• CAD experience including GD&T and detailed drawing documentation (ISO 10110)
• Strong mechanical engineering and physics fundamentals
• Experience delivering complex opto-mechanical systems

Preferred Qualifications

• 10+ years of opto-mechanical design experience
• Experience with high power lasers (tens to hundreds of watts)
• Experience designing optics for industrial systems (semiconductor, laser cutting, etc.)
• Ability to do system level and component level opto-mechanical tolerancing
• Experience with athermalization design
• Experience with STOP analysis
• Experience working with optical simulation software (Zemax or Code V)
• Hands on experience with alignment/assembly of complex optical systems
• Basic understanding of image and signal processing
• Knowledge of motion control and kinematics
• Experience with design of fluid or thermal systems

About the Company

Freeform builds AI-native manufacturing systems that unify software, hardware, and physics to produce industrial-scale parts at the speed of human ideation.