Senior Optical Engineer

Leonardo
Full time Basildon, England Engineers
Posted:
June 10, 2026
Location:
Basildon, England, United Kingdom

Job Description

Job Description:

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Are you an Optical Engineer who wants to join us in the development of the next generation of industry leading electro-optic targeting & surveillance systems? If so, we’d love to hear from you.

Each of these technologies are based upon sophisticated and complex optical design solutions created by our UK team and manufactured in our state-of-the-art facilities in Essex and Edinburgh.

As a member of a multi-disciplinary Engineering Team, you will collaborate with peers in the development of novel solutions in multi-spectral wavebands (infrared and visible) and will build on decades of domain leading heritage.

All members of the Engineering Team are encouraged to continually develop their technical skills within design, (structural & thermal) analyses and model driven engineering aspects of Mechanical Engineering.

Leonardo offers a mixture of on-site and remote working; with attendance at our facility in Ess...

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Job Overview

Job Type: Full time
Location: Basildon, United Kingdom
Posted: June 10, 2026
Deadline: July 20, 2026