Optical design and performance analysis drive this Optical Engineer chance with NRC’s Herzberg Astronomy and Astrophysics Research Centre in Victoria. Limited hybrid work may be available.

The Optical Engineer will lead advanced optical instrumentation for current and future astronomical observatories. You will translate requirements into designs, analyze UV/VIS/NIR systems, and collaborate with mechanical, electrical, software, systems, scientific, and technical specialists. The work spans facility-class instruments, space-based observatories, and research initiatives.

Key Responsibilities:

- Lead optical instrumentation conception, development, and delivery
- Perform tolerancing, stray-light, image-quality, and throughput analyses
- Design, integrate, test, and verify complex optical systems
- Prepare specifications, test plans,



alignment procedures, and reports
- Support procurement, vendor interactions, and acceptance testing

Requirements:

- Master’s or PhD in optical engineering, physics, or related field
- Extensive optical engineering experience, typically 8–10+ years
- Significant full-lifecycle project experience, typically 4–5+ years
- Experience with optical design, testing, alignment, and verification
- Reliability Status requiring five-year background verification

Apply optical engineering, modelling, integration, and verification expertise to advanced astronomical instrumentation at NRC in Victoria.

📌 Optical Engineer Astronomical Instrumentation (Victoria)
🏢 National Research Council of Canada
📍 Victoria