Senior Associate, Optical Engineer 1

Location: Tulsa, Oklahoma, US. Onsite role; willingness to relocate to the Tulsa area is required. The role includes approximately 10 airborne sensor missions per year, each lasting 1–2 weeks.

Company

hirify.global develops defense technology and special mission ISR systems across space, air, land, sea, and cyber domains, with an emphasis on EO/IR sensor systems.

What you will do

• Design, develop, integrate, and test optical technologies and systems.
• Specify, select, and qualify active and passive optical components.
• Develop and benchmark optical system performance models and support optical design, analysis, integration, and test tools and procedures.
• Develop test procedures, select test instrumentation, and apply optical metrology, alignment, and image-quality techniques.
• Provide multidisciplinary support to instrumentation production, resolve technical issues, and document engineering changes.
• Operate airborne EO/IR sensors from a workstation aboard a modified Gulfstream G550 during special mission data-collection trips.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in Optical Engineering, Physics, or a related field with at least 2 years of relevant optical-systems experience; alternatively, a graduate degree or equivalent with 0–2 years of related experience.
• Experience with optical design codes such as Zemax or Code V.
• Experience with mathematical analysis codes such as Matlab, Mathematica, or MathCad.
• Opto-mechanical experience.
• Knowledge of optical metrology, including interferometers, image-quality metrics, alignment, and test techniques.
• Knowledge of optical engineering for resolved and unresolved objects in EO-LW wavelengths.
• Willingness to relocate to the Tulsa, Oklahoma area.
• Ability to obtain and maintain a Department of Defense security clearance; security clearances may only be granted to U.S. citizens.
• The essential physical requirements will be reviewed during the interview.

Culture & Benefits

• Inclusive and engaging work environment focused on professional growth, community commitment, and excellence.
• 9/80 schedule: 9 working days over a 14-day period, totaling 80 hours, with every other Friday off.
• Pre-employment substance-abuse testing and background checks may apply where permitted by law.
• Equal-opportunity and drug-free workplace.