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🥝 Senior Optical Engineer

Leonardo UK Ltd | basildon, United-Kingdom | Posted June 08, 2026

Job Description

Job Description

Are you an Optical Engineer who wants to join us in the development of the next generation of industry‑leading electro‑optic targeting and surveillance systems? If so, we’d love to hear from you.

Our UK team designs sophisticated optical solutions, while our state‑of‑the‑art facilities in Essex and Edinburgh manufacture them. As a member of a multidisciplinary Engineering Team, you will collaborate on novel solutions in multi‑spectral wavebands (infrared and visible) and build on decades of domain‑leading heritage.

What you will do

  • Be involved in the research, development and manufacturing phases of the Optical Engineering lifecycle.
  • Contribute to system architecture and requirements.
  • Design and develop both simple and complex electro‑optical systems.
  • Conduct lens and optical performance analysis and simulations.
  • Ensure design quality and consistency through numerical calculations, tolerance ...

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