OPTICAL DESIGN AND MODELING FOR THE HABITABLE WORLDS OBSERVATORY jobs in United States
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ORAU · 1 month ago

OPTICAL DESIGN AND MODELING FOR THE HABITABLE WORLDS OBSERVATORY

positionGreenbelt, MD
timeFull-time
remoteOnsite
senioritySenior Level

ORAU is involved in the NASA Postdoctoral Program, providing unique research opportunities for talented scientists. The role focuses on optical design and modeling for advanced space flight instrumentation, with responsibilities including performance analyses, system design, and research on various optical systems.

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Responsibilities

Research and development opportunities exist at NASA in the optical design and modeling of advanced space flight instrumentation for the Habitable Worlds Observatory
Mission support involves performing optical design trades, detailed optical system and component design, tolerancing, performance analyses and modeling, and specifying optical components for fabrication
Current interests include the design and modeling of centered and unobscured all-reflective and catadioptric optical systems, freeform optics, lens system design, coronagraph and star-shade design and modeling, spectroscopic instrumentation design and analysis, wavefront sensing and control of active optical systems, and polarization ray tracing including birefringent materials
Additional research topics consist of gradient index optics, holograms and holographic optical elements design, wave propagation, optomechanical design, stray light design and analysis, edge sensors, laser metrology trusses and in-process optical testing
Extensive computational resources and metrology test facilities are available for post-doc work here at NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center

Qualification

Optical designModeling optical systemsPerformance analysisSpectroscopic instrumentationWavefront sensing

Required

Doctoral Degree
Research proposal
Three letters of recommendation
Official doctoral transcript documents

Company

ORAU

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ORAU provides innovative scientific and technical solutions to advance research and education, protect public health and the environment and strengthen national security.
dateFounded in 1946
location
Oak Ridge, Tennessee, USA
people-size501-1000 employees
web-link
https://www.orau.org/

Funding

Current Stage
Late Stage

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Andy Page
President /CEO
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Scott Miller
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