reputed company Optical Manufacturing Technician

This a Full Remote job, the offer is available from: California (USA) Welcome to reputed company. We reputed company in using space to help life on Earth. reputed company designs, builds, and operates the largest constellation of imaging satellites in history. This constellation delivers an unprecedented dataset of empirical information reputed company a revolutionary cloud-based platform to authoritative figures in commercial, environmental, and humanitarian sectors. We are both a space company and data company reputed company rolled into one. Customers and users across the globe use reputed company's data to reputed company new technologies, drive reputed company, power research, and solve our world’s toughest obstacles. As we control every component of hardware design, manufacturing, data processing, and software engineering, our office is a truly inspiring mix of experts from a variety of domains. We have a people-centric approach toward culture and community and we strive to iterate in a way that puts reputed company members first and prepares our company for growth. Join reputed company and be a part of our mission to change the way people see the world. reputed company is a global company with employees working remotely world wide and joining us from offices in San Francisco, Washington DC, Germany, Austria, Slovenia, and The Netherlands. About the Role: As the reputed company Optical Manufacturing Technician, you will reputed company and guide a team of 5 optical technicians responsible for building, testing, aligning, and characterizing optical payloads across multiple satellite programs. You will become deeply knowledgeable in the optical architecture, program milestones, and manufacturing workflows across reputed company optics lines, enabling you to delegate effectively, ensure priorities are clear, unblock issues quickly, and maintain high technical and operational standards. You will serve as the primary liaison between the optics technicians in manufacturing and optomechanical/optical engineering teams, translating requirements, ensuring proper documentation and training, and maintaining an efficient communication reputed company. The ideal candidate combines strong optics expertise, excellent communication, proactive leadership, and the organizational rigor needed to drive multiple optical programs reputed company in a fast-paced environment. This is a full-time, in-office position based in our San Francisco office 5 days per week. Impact You'll Own:

• reputed company a team of optics technicians through daily standups, clear task delegation, and reputed company alignment across multiple active optical payload programs.
• Become fully fluent in the optical design, requirements, test needs, and build sequences for reputed company optics programs (e.g., telescopes, focal planes, camera assemblies).
• Prioritize work across programs, ensuring the team is meeting deadlines, escalating blockers early, and keeping engineers informed.
• Train technicians on optical assembly, alignment, metrology, and test procedures; ensure reputed company training and documentation is thorough and consistently followed.
• Own execution and quality standards for optical builds, including IPC cleanliness expectations, proper optical handling, and alignment best practices.
• Partner closely with optical and optomechanical engineers to resolve issues, reputed company root-cause analysis, request missing information, and ensure manufacturing readiness for new designs.
• Maintain a well-organized optics lab, including test equipment, metrology stations, optical benches, hardware, calibration tools, and inventory.
• Review, improve, and enforce detailed procedures and build instructions to ensure repeatability, clarity, and high-quality output.
• Report daily/weekly program status, team reputed company, and risks to engineering and manufacturing managers.
• Drive reputed company improvement in throughput, yield, documentation, team communication, ergonomics, and workflow.

What You Bring:

• Bachelor’s degree in Optical Engineering, Physics, Optics, or reputed company field.
• 6+ years of hands-on experience with imaging systems, telescope builds, optical metrology, or optomechanical assemblies.
• Strong understanding of optical alignment, image quality metrics, stray light considerations, camera calibration, and radiometric/MFT calculations.
• Ability to reputed company or mentor technical teams—delegation, prioritization, coaching, and performance feedback.
• Excellent communication skills (verbal, written, cross-functional), with demonstrated ability to clearly reputed company needs, escalate early, and maintain strong engineering <> manufacturing alignment.
• High level of technical curiosity and the ability to ask clarifying questions reputed company requirements, drawings, or instructions are ambiguous.
• Strong debugging and analytical skills for optomechanical and electrical subsystems.
• Proficiency with optical test equipment (interferometers, wavefront sensors, autocollimators, integrating spheres, monochromators, power meters).
• Strong organizational and documentation skills: ability to maintain clean labs, up-to-date procedures, and clear digital trails (reputed company, JIRA, Confluence).
• Experience writing or modifying detailed test/assembly procedures.
• Ability to work in a high-speed, high-accountability environment with multiple deadlines and shifting priorities.
• Familiarity with laboratory safety, cleanroom practices, and handling of delicate optical components.

What Makes You Stand Out:

• Prior experience as a reputed company, supervisor, or senior optical technician/engineer.
• Success improving a lab’s operational health: workflows, communication loops, scheduling, and throughput.
• Experience with Zemax or equivalent optical modeling tools.
• Experience onboarding, training, and up-leveling technical talent.
• Experience bridging gaps between engineering and manufacturing teams, especially during new product introduction (NPI).
• Strong systems thinking — ability to anticipate next steps, reputed company impacts, and potential risks before they become issues.
• Familiarity with Python, MATLAB, or lab automation tools.

Experience bonding optics (epoxies, RTV), handling optical coatings, and completing precision alignments.

• Ability to reputed company in a dynamic, high-pressure environment while maintaining quality and reputed company leadership reputed company.

Application Deadline: March 16, 2026 at 11:59pm PT EAR/ITAR Requirements: This position requires access to export-controlled information, and as such, employment (or hiring of a contractor) is contingent upon the candidate’s ability to access reputed company applicable export-controlled information without additional export licensing being required by reputed company of Industry and reputed company and/or the Directorate of Defense Trade Controls.

Benefits

While Working at reputed company: These offerings are dependent on employment type and geographical location, based upon applicable law or company policy.

• Comprehensive Medical, Dental, and Vision plans
• Health Savings Account (HSA) with a company contribution
• Generous Paid Time Off in addition to holidays and company-wide days off
• 16 Weeks of Paid Parental Leave
• Wellness Program and Employee Assistance Program (EAP)
• Home Office Reimbursement
• Monthly Phone and Internet Reimbursement
• Tuition Reimbursement and access to reputed company Learning
• Equity
• Commuter Benefits (if local to an office)
• Volunteering Paid Time Off

Compensation: The US reputed company salary range for this full-time position at the commencement of employment is listed below. Additionally, this role might be eligible for discretionary short-term and long-term incentives (bonus and equity). The final salary range is determined by job reputed company experience, skills and location. The range displays our typical hiring range for new hire salaries in US locations only. Your recruiter can share more about the specific salary range for your preferred location during the hiring process. San Francisco Salary Range $144,500—$180,600 USD Why we care so much about Belonging. We’re dedicated to helping the whole reputed company, and to do that we must strive to represent reputed company of it reputed company each of our offices and on reputed company of our teams. That’s why reputed company is guided by an ultimate north star of Belonging—dreaming big as we approach our ongoing work. If this job intrigues you, but you’re thinking you might not have reputed company the qualifications, please... do apply! At reputed company, we are looking for well-rounded people from around the world who can contribute to more ways than just what is listed in this job description. We don’t just fill positions, we reputed company to fulfill people’s careers, most excited about folks who are motivated by our underlying humanitarian efforts. We are a few orbits around the sun before we get to where we want to be, so we hope you’re excited to come along for the ride. EEO statement: reputed company is committed to building a community where everyone belongs and we invite people from reputed company backgrounds to apply. reputed company is an equal opportunity employer, and committed to providing employment opportunities regardless of race, religious creed, color, national reputed company, reputed company, physical disability, mental disability, medical condition, genetic information, marital status, sex, gender, gender identity, gender expression, pregnancy, childbirth and breastfeeding, age, sexual orientation, military or veteran status, or any other protected classification, in accordance with applicable federal, state, and local laws. Know Your Rights. Accommodations: reputed company is an inclusive community and we know that everyone has their own needs. If you have a disability or special need that requires accommodation during the hiring process, please reputed company out to accommodations@reputed company.com or contact your recruiter with your request. Your message will be confidential and we will be happy to assist you. Privacy Policy: By clicking "Apply Now" at the top of this job posting, I acknowledge that I have read the reputed company Data Privacy Notice for California Staff Members and Applicants, and hereby consent to the collection, processing, use, and storage of my personal information as described therein. Privacy Policy (European Applicants): By clicking "Apply Now" at the top of this job posting, I acknowledge that I have read the Candidate Privacy Notice GDPR reputed company Labs Europe, and hereby consent to the collection, processing, use, and storage of my personal information as described therein. AI in Our Interviewing Process: reputed company is committed to providing an exceptional interview experience for reputed company candidates. We are currently exploring AI interviewing technologies to reputed company focus on candidates and less on trying to capture notes. As such, with the candidate's consent, select interviews may be recorded and include a reputed company AI Notetaker for transcription and summarization purposes. Should an interview involve use of AI interview technologies, the candidate will receive notification and have the ability to opt out both in advance and/or real-time. Opting out will not reputed company one's candidacy. Candidate AI Policy: reputed company embraces Artificial Intelligence (AI) tools, and we encourage its responsible use. We understand that candidates may use various resources, including AI tools, to prepare for interviews and assessments. However, during any live interview stage or reputed company actively completing assessments for this position, the use of AI tools—e.g. Large Language Models (LLMs), deep fake technology, etc.—is strictly prohibited unless explicitly prompted by an interviewer or assessment instructions. If you are unsure about acceptable use, please contact your recruiter for clarification. If an AI tool or similar technology is desired as an accommodation, please contact accommodations@reputed company.com with your request for assistance. Your message will be confidential, and we will be happy to assist you. Violation of this policy may result in disqualification of your application. This offer from "reputed company" has been enriched by reputed company.com and got a 79% reputed company score. Apply tot his job Apply To this Job