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$48.5 an hour
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- Job Summary Caltech Optical Observatories (COO) is seeking a talented mechanical designer to join its Optical and Infrared (OIR) Instrumentation group.
- The OIR group designs, fabricates, and commissions astronomical instrumentation systems for large telescopes at Palomar, Gemini, Keck, and the planned Thirty Meter Telescope Observatories, while fostering a community of respect, learning, and individual growth.
- The qualified mechanical designer will contribute to instrument and mechanical subsystem conceptualization, detailed design, drawings, mechanical fabrication, system integration, testing, and commissioning of state-of-the-art instrumentation pushing back the frontiers of planetary science, astronomy, and cosmology.
- Assist with mechanical assembly, integration, and verification of sophisticated optoelectromechanical subsystems with emphasis on safety, efficiency, reliability, and quality.
- High-level proficiency in a significant number of the following technical areas: mechanism design, GD&T, PDM tools, quality assurance, mounting of large and precise optics, vacuum systems, machining operations, EDM, additive manufacture techniques, and/or robotics.
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