The ideal candidate will bring expertise in developing innovative mechanical systems, structures, and components that meet the rigorous performance, safety, and compliance requirements of the aerospace and defense industry. This role offers the opportunity to contribute to cutting-edge technologies and national security programs in a collaborative, multidisciplinary environment.

At PSI, you’ll be part of a collaborative, employee-owned company where your ideas directly shape groundbreaking technologies with national security and commercial impact. We encourage our engineers and scientists to grow not only as technical experts but also as innovators and future business leaders. PSI offers career growth opportunities, hands-on experimentation, cross-disciplinary collaboration, and engagement with customers — all while working on projects that advance the state of the art in optics.

This engineer will be a part of a multi-disciplinary team focused on the development and transition-to-production of optical system technologies used defense and industrial applications.  Examples include novel LIDARs and hyperspectral imagers designed for mobile operation in extreme environments.