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Senior Optical Engineer

Foundational is hiring for Senior Optical Engineer in London. Senior level. First seen October 1, 2026; open as of November 9, 2026. Jobs taken straight from company career pages — no aggregator in between.

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Company
Foundational
Where
London
Level
Senior
First seen
October 1, 2026
Listed via
Ashby

What the posting says

Position Overview London · Full time · On-site You'll own optical design across our laser ranging stations, optical tracking systems and retroreflector products. This is a hands-on senior role. You'll set the architecture, run the analysis and be in the lab when it's built. What you'll do - Lead optical design for transmit and receive paths, from requirements and tolerancing through to verified hardware - Design and test optics for tracking satellites in daylight and at night - Support the design and test of retroreflector arrays for LEO and MEO missions - Run trade studies with suppliers on…

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