Optical Engineer

Optical Engineer

Fishers, IN

Full-Time

Corlens develops innovative solutions to defense, commercial, and industrial imaging. Corlens’ mission is to enable the widespread use of smaller, lighter, cheaper, and germanium-free thermal imaging systems with enhanced capabilities.

Summary of Position:

The Optical Engineer is a critical part of Corlens’ technical team developing next-generation LWIR optics for dual-use applications. The core responsibility of this role is optical metrology and owning the measurement, characterization, and test workflows that directly gate product performance. You will work across hardware and simulation, contributing to both lab execution and optical system development.

Essential Duties and Responsibilities

Reporting to the CTO, the Optical Engineer will:

• Execute optical metrology including wavefront measurement, MTF characterization, and lens performance validation
• Design and operate test setups for quantitative optical characterization; own data reduction and reporting
• Support optical system design and analysis, including tolerance analysis and performance modeling
• Maintain technical documentation including test plans, characterization reports, and engineering notebooks
• Collaborate with senior engineers on product development, design trade studies and design reviews

Job Qualifications:

The Optical Engineer shall have:

• B.S. or M.S. in Optical Engineering, Physics, or related field
• Demonstrated hands-on experience in optical metrology: wavefront sensing, MTF measurement, and lens characterization
• Proficiency with at least one optical design tool (Zemax OpticStudio, CODE V, or equivalent)
• Strong fundamentals in geometric and physical optics
• Must be a U.S. citizen or permanent resident

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience with infrared or LWIR imaging systems and payloads
• Background in lens design, athermalization, straylight analysis, or STOP analysis
• Familiarity with opto-mechanical design and CAD tools (SolidWorks, Creo, or similar)
• Experience with simulation or scripting tools: Lumerical, MATLAB, Python, or FlexCompute
• Exposure to metasurfaces, metalenses, or diffractive optical elements
• Active DoD security clearance or eligibility to obtain one

This position may require access to information that is subject to compliance with the International Traffic in Arms Regulations (ITAR) and/or the Export Administration Regulations (EAR). To conform to the requirements of the ITAR and/or the EAR, applicant must be a U.S. citizen, lawful permanent resident of the U.S., or protected individual as defined by 8 U.S.C. 1324b(a)(3).

Corlens is an equal opportunity employer.