Senior Opto-Mechanical Engineer - Sea-Bird Scientific

Imagine yourself…

• Doing meaningful work that makes an everyday impact on the world around you.
• Growing your expertise and expanding your skillset with every project.
• Owning your ambition and fueling your career growth.

Sea-Bird Scientific is the world’s largest developer and manufacturer of products for the measurement of salinity, temperature, pressure, dissolved oxygen, fluorescence, nutrients and other related oceanographic parameters in marine waters. These tools are used around the world by ocean researchers, resource managers, and key industries engaged in offshore exploration and ocean resource utilization. Our customers include research institutes, ocean observing programs, national and local government agencies, oil companies, engineering firms, environmental consulting businesses, and navies throughout the world. Our products are used in numerous critical environmental research and monitoring efforts that are deeply tied to our modern world. These studies include topics ranging from determining the ocean’s role in, and the associated impact from, climate changes, to the monitoring of environmental impacts of major episodic events such as oil spills and tsunamis. We offer an entrepreneurial environment that is team-centered, customer-driven, quality-focused, and growth-oriented. Working at Sea-Bird gives you access to a robust career development process and challenging stretch opportunities.

Sea-Bird Scientific is an EEO / AA employer and we do not discriminate on the basis of race, color, religion, gender (sex), gender identity, national origin, age, sexual orientation, disability, genetic information or any other characteristic protected by law.

For more information regarding our company’s, please visit the Sea-Bird Scientific website at www.seabird.com.

We offer:

• Flexible working hours
• Professional onboarding and training options
• Powerful team looking forward to working with you
• Career coaching and development opportunities
• Health benefits
• 401(k)

Reporting to the Director, Mechanical & Systems Engineering, the Senior Opto-Mechanical Engineer is responsible for serving as Sea-Bird’s technical lead within Engineering on optics and opto-mechanical design. Expected to collaborate closely with our Science Team and external collaborators within technology and new product development projects involving optical sensing. To serve as SME on emerging technologies and tools. To mentor and cross-train engineers and technicians. Drive complex technical problem solving related to optics and to opto-mechanical design. Oversee the design of Sea-Bird’s next generation of industry leading optical sensors.

This position is located in Bellevue, Washington and will be onsite.

In this role, a typical day will look like:

• Design and analysis of opto-mechanical assemblies and optical systems that satisfy high precision alignment requirements.
• Bring product from concept phase, prototype, development, qualification, pilot run, up to mass production.
• Evaluate and select opto-mechanical components, work closely with cross functional team and vendors to package optics in reliable, manufacturable, low cost, and high yield modules.
• Characterize solutions for optical performance, stability, repeatability, and reliability through experiments and structured test plans.
• Troubleshoot complex technical opto-electro-mechanical development and production problems.
• Complete technical documents, including design specifications, test reports, BOM, work instructions, calibration procedures, etc.
• Lead assembly of initial Alpha and Beta prototype instruments, test subassemblies, and generate standard operating procedures (SOPs).
• Support Production Engineering in the development of manufacturing processes, quality control methods, and tooling to aid in assembly and alignment of opto-mechanical systems.
• Coach, review, and delegate work to lower-level engineers and technicians.
• Serve as technical lead on large development projects.
• Lead cross functional opto-mechanical design reviews, FMEA, and technology assessments.
• Report to senior management on results of test protocols and problem-solving efforts.
• Provides knowledge and information pertaining to opto-mechanics to strategic planning and technology evaluation efforts.
• Willing to learn new technologies and track advances in opto-electro-mechanical community.
• Evaluate new approaches to existing methods to improve performance and manufacturability

The essential requirements of the job include:

• BS in Mechanical Engineering or equivalent with a minimum of 10 years of directly relevant experience, OR a MS with 8 years of directly relevant experience, OR Ph.D. with 5 years of directly relevant experience.
• Hands-on experience with precision opto-mechanical design, assembly, and alignment, preferably in an instrumentation environment.
• Excellent problem solving and analytical skills and ability to learn quickly in a dynamic, fast-paced