Lead Optics Engineer

Job Responsibility:

Innovate to solve the world's most important challenges

Use your advanced optical engineering skills to help Honeywell Cambridge / Ottawa deliver innovative solutions across a variety of optical design opportunities. You will be empowered to think BIG and challenge yourself to understand more than just one aspect of the optical engineering discipline. You will work alongside some of the world's most talented engineers. You will apply research of complex optical systems to achieve desired optical specifications. You will contribute to the development of Honeywell's state-of-the-art optical instruments for military, space, and commercial applications, including Earth observation, atmospheric monitoring, space situational awareness, space science, and optical communications. You will take a lead role as part of a multidisciplined team, in designing, testing and validating products from prototype to market. Examples of products include a broad spectrum of optical and opto-mechanical elements, ranging from mirrors, lenses, and mounts; critical subsystems such as fore optics and detector assemblies; and up to full instruments incorporating electronics and mechanisms.

Key Responsibilities

• Optical Simulation and Design
• Opto-mechanical tolerance and thermal analysis
• Optical parts packaging and drawing development
• Performance specification review and development
• Cooperating with and interacting with external vendors
• Incoming part inspection and validation
• Supporting manufacturing line support requests
• Customer site visits
• Hands on testing and development of test set ups

The Honeywell building is a controlled goods program environment. Candidates must be eligible for CGP clearance.

YOU MUST HAVE

• Bachelor's degree from an accredited institution in a technical discipline such as the sciences, technology, engineering, or mathematics
• Minimum 8 years of relevant design and test experience, with a specialty in opto-mechanical hardware development in a new product development environment

WE VALUE

• Ability to convey subtle or complex messages clearly, as appropriate for the topic and audience
• Six Sigma tool usage and best practices
• Ability to consistently make timely decisions even in the face of complexity, balancing systematic analysis with decisiveness
• Experience with complete engineering lifecycle (Design to volume production)
• Optical simulation experience (Zemax, Code-V, Light Tools, Trace Pro & other industry std. tools)
• Parametric mechanical modeling experience (Pro-Engineer, CREO and Solidworks)
• Experience with Matlab
• Individuals who are self-motivated and able to work with little supervision, who consistently take the initiative to get things done, and are willing to do things before being asked by others or forced to by events.
• Ability to lead a Project, including application of budgetary controls and reporting.

Accommodation is available upon request for applicants with disabilities under the Ontario Human Rights Code

Additional Information

• JOB ID: HRD230583
• Category: Engineering
• Location: 155-165 Sheldon Dr,Cambridge,Ontario,N1R 7H6,Canada
• Exempt