Optical Engineer - Camera

The role

You will be responsible for the optical performance of EO/IR imaging payloads. You will work on current products and shape the design of future ones from sizing and prototyping through validation and mass production.

What you will do

• Sizing and design of EO/IR imaging payloads
• Select lenses and sensors or lead custom optical designs
• Design, build, and maintain optical test benches
• Measure and validate image quality including MTF, focus, boresight, distortion, and NETD
• Develop the camera calibration pipeline with software and perception teams
• Integrate optics into mechanical assemblies
• Investigate optical issues across the product life cycle
• Manage optical suppliers and support industrialization
• Run field tests to assess image quality

Required qualifications

• Master's degree or engineering degree with a specialization in optics
• 3+ years of experience in optical engineering, ideally on camera or imaging systems
• Proven experience sizing an electro-optical or infrared optical system
• Hands-on experience with standard optical measurements such as camera calibration, MTF, and NETD
• Experience developing optical test benches, from architecture to validation and integration
• Solid grounding in image processing: distortion, gamma, and geometric and photometric correction
• Hands-on, rigorous, and pragmatic, with the autonomy to iterate fast in a startup environment

Nice to have

• Experience with thermal cameras is a strong plus

About the company

Harmattan AI is a next-generation defense prime building autonomous and scalable defense systems. The company is expanding its teams and capabilities to deliver mission-critical systems to allied forces.