Job Description

Job ID: 639210BR
Date posted: May. 21, 2023

Locations: Grand Prairie, Texas
Program: AP/TSM-AP/TMSM-E CN

Description:Here at Lockheed Martin, we help our customers tackle their hardest missions. Those missions that demand extraordinary amounts of courage, resilience and precision. They\'re dangerous. Critical. Sometimes they even provide an opportunity to change the world and save lives. Those are the missions we care about. That\'s what propels every one of our employees to push beyond the limits of engineering. It\'s why we\'re dedicated to partnership and collaboration. Because together, we can turn technology into the warfighters\' strongest and most reliable asset and solve humanity\'s biggest challenges. Every one of our customers\' missions, no matter how big or small, is our mission too.
Lockheed Martin\'s Missiles and Fire Control business area is an exciting place to work, and a rewarding place grow your career. We are seeking an OE or EO/IR engineer with lens development experience and IR missile seeker test and evaluation experience to assist senior optical and missile seeker SMEs in the development and test of an IR missile seeker in work at our campus in Dallas, TX.

-In this exciting role the EO/IR Engineer will have the opportunity to perform optical design trade studies, refine the IR seeker optical prescription, conduct IR seeker performance analyses, develop requirements and test procedures, work with structural, thermal, mechanical, and electrical engineers to refine the performance, calibrate, test, and integrate the seeker in the missile in support of flight testing.

-The engineer will perform analyses and trade studies on the seeker optical design to include the missile window assembly to support IR seeker and optical requirements flow-down, tolerances, and environmental effects on IR seeker performance, and support the program through the SRR, PDR, CDR, and the seeker hardware development, integration, and test phases.

-The engineer will have the opportunity to support stray light analysis.

-The engineer will work with mechanical engineers to develop and review drawings.

-The engineer will develop alignment concepts, alignment procedures, and special test tools as necessary. The ideal candidate will have proficiency with standard toolsets for optical design and analysis required such as Code V, Zemax, and FRED.

- The engineer will manage external and internal suppliers for lens, windows, and detector components and/or subsystems.

-The engineer will collaborate with cross functional teams with other engineering disciplines for seeker integration

-The engineer will have the opportunity to attend industry conferences and to keep up-to-date on related industry best practices and technological advancements.

-We offer a continuous learning environment with strong career growth and advancement opportunities.

Relocation: Relocation assistance is possible for this exciting position.

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Basic Qualifications:
A Bachelor\'s degree in electrical or optical engineering from an accredited 4-year college or university required.

Experience with lens and optical design tools such as Zemax OpticStudio and/or CODE V required.

Experience with optical system athermalization methods, techniques, and materials.

Experience with lens materials and window coatings, and lens and window fabrication

Experience with lens and window assembly, and optical system test and performance evaluation

Experience with optical system integration into the next higher assembly including alignment methods and tolerances.
Desired Skills:
Experience with IR missile seeker development, including design, assembly, integration, bench test performance testing, environmental testing, HWIL testing, and flight testing.

Familiarity with cryo-cooled and uncooled detector technology and gimbal system design and performance

Familiarity thermal, structural, and aerodynamics modelling and simulation

Experience in mutli-functional engineering teams with mechanical, opto-mechanical, electrical, thermal, structural, aerodynamic, software, system, and test engineers.

Experience with stray light analysis tools, such as FRED.

Experience with multi-physics tool, such as COMSOL or Lumerical.
Security Clearance Statement: This position requires a government security clearance, you must be a US Citizen for consideration.
Clearance Level: Secret
Other Important Information You Should Know
Expression of Interest: By applying to this job, you are expressing interest in this position and could be considered for other career opportunities where similar skills and requirements have been identified as a match. Should this match be identified you may be contacted for this and future openings.
Ability to Work Remotely: Part-time Remote Telework: The employee selected for this position will work part of their work schedule remotely and part of their work schedule at a designated Lockheed Martin facility. The specific weekly schedule will be discussed during the hiring process.
Work Schedules: Lockheed Martin supports a variety of alternate work schedules that provide additional flexibility to our employees. Schedules range from standard 40 hours over a five day work week while others may be condensed. These condensed schedules provide employees with additional time away from the office and are in addition to our Paid Time off benefits.
Schedule for this Position: 4x10 hour day, 3 days off per week
Lockheed Martin is an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, pregnancy, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, age, protected veteran status, or disability status.
Join us at Lockheed Martin, where your mission is ours. Our customers tackle the hardest missions. Those that demand extraordinary amounts of courage, resilience and precision. They\'re dangerous. Critical. Sometimes they even provide an opportunity to change the world and save lives. Those are the missions we care about.

As a leading technology innovation company, Lockheed Martin\'s vast team works with partners around the world to bring proven performance to our customers\' toughest challenges. Lockheed Martin has employees based in many states throughout the U.S., and Internationally, with business locations in many nations and territories.
Experience Level: Experienced Professional
Business Unit: MISSILES AND FIRE CONTROL
Relocation Available: Possible
Career Area: Electro-Optical Engineering
Type: Full-Time
Shift: First

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