Senior Mechanical Engineer – Products

Optikos is seeking a detail-oriented and analytical Senior Mechanical Engineer to join our product sustainment engineering this role you will support the full lifecycle of Optikos products from business capture and development through production testing and long-term sustainment. You will work collaboratively across engineering manufacturing quality and product teams to ensure our products remain robust reliable and continuously improved throughout their life in the field.

This position is ideal for engineers who excel at root-cause analysis enjoy hands-on troubleshooting and have a passion for driving continuous improvement in mature and evolving products across semiconductor life science aerospace and defense markets.

Roles and Responsibilities:

• Lead the design and sustainment of mechanical components and assemblies for Optikos products using CAD tools such as SolidWorks.
• Maintain and update detailed drawings models and specifications to support ongoing manufacturing assembly and quality processes.
• Lead engineering change activities including processing Engineering Change Orders (ECOs) and updating Bills of Materials (BOMs).
• Collaborate closely with electrical optical and manufacturing teams to ensure system-level compatibility and robust long-term product performance.
• Lead prototype builds test planning and troubleshooting activities for products.
• Evaluate materials manufacturing methods and suppliers to optimize performance cost and reliability.
• Ensure designs can be assembled aligned and serviced easily by our field service engineers.
• Provide expert technical support to production quality and customer-facing teams throughout product launch and lifecycle.
• Champion continuous improvement in design methods processes and workflows.

Skills and Requirements:

• Bachelors degree or higher in Mechanical Engineering or related field. Advanced degree preferred.
• 7 years of mechanical engineering experience ideally including optical precision or complex electro-mechanical system development.
• Demonstrated mastery of SolidWorks or similar CAD platforms and strong mechanical design fundamentals.
• Proven ability to lead engineering efforts manage priorities and deliver results in a fast-paced environment.
• Experience with product sustainment manufacturing support and lifecycle engineering.
• Excellent communication skills with the ability to articulate technical concepts to interdisciplinary teams and customers.
• Strong analytical problem-solving and troubleshooting capabilities with a hands-on approach.

About Optikos:

For more than 40 years Optikos has provided innovative applications of optical technology both products and services to commercial government and consumer products organizations worldwide. The Optikos engineering team is the largest independent optical engineering group in the world managing all aspects of instrument design including optics mechanics electronics and software systems in addition to our in-house IQ Lab Services to benchmark and assess the performance of customer lens or camera systems. We develop innovative products in the life sciences aerospace and defense industrial and consumer markets and our experience with a wide variety of applications has enabled our staff to generate creative solutions to some of the most challenging optical problems. Our team continues to improve existing metrology product lines and develop new products that Optikos manufactures and installs around the globe.

If you are an enthusiastic team-oriented individual looking for a challenge and the opportunity to continue to develop professionally send us your resume.

This is a 100% in-office position located in our headquarters in Wakefield Massachusetts. We offer competitive compensation packages along with a challenging and stimulating environment.

Optikos is an Equal Opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race color religion creed sex sexual orientation gender orientation gender identity national origin disability or protected Veteran status or any other characteristic protected by law. We do not sponsor employment visas for this position.

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