Optical Engineer Sr - E3
Fayetteville, NCFull-time$88–164K/yrSeen 6 days agoSeen in employer's feed 6 days ago
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Job overview
The Senior Optical Engineer designs, analyzes, and tests optical and electro-optical systems and components. The role conducts research and development in physical and geometric optics, lasers, laser characteristics and maintenance, and broadband optical sources, applying research on complex optical systems to achieve desired optical manipulations. Candidates need at least 20 years of direct experience working with Special Operations units in Visual Augmentation Systems and must be able to obtain a USG SECRET clearance.
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Standard Job Description
Designs, analyzes, and tests optical and electro-optical systems and components. Conducts research and development into phases of physical optics and geometric optics, lasers, laser characteristics, laser maintenance, and broadband optical sources. Applies research of complex optical systems to achieve desired optical manipulations.
Basic Qualifications
20 years experience or more working directly with Special Operations units in Visual Augmentation Systems.
Ability to obtain a USG SECRET clearance.
Desired Skills
Active SECRET Clearance
Pay Information
Full-Time Salary Range: $88300.00 - $163900.00
At Lockheed Martin, we know mission success starts with taking care of our people. Our Total Rewards program is designed to attract top talent, support your well-being, and help you grow—both professionally and personally.
The salary range for this position is as listed on the requisition. Please note that the salary information listed is a general guideline only. Lockheed Martin considers factors such as (but not limited to) scope and responsibilities of the position, candidate's work experience, education/ training, key skills as well as market(work location) and business considerations when extending an offer.
Benefits offered: Medical, Dental, Vision, Flexible work arrangements and schedules (e.g., 4x10), 401(k) match, Paid time off, Holidays, Parental Leave, EAP, Flexible Spending Accounts, Education Assistance, Life Insurance, Short-Term Disability, and Long-Term Disability.
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Annual short-term and/or long-term incentive compensation programs may be offered depending on the position. Payments under these annual programs are not guaranteed and can vary from year to year and are tied to a range of performance metrics.
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For (Washington state applicants only) Non-represented full-time employees: accrue at least 10 hours per month of Paid Time Off (PTO) to be used for incidental absences and other reasons; receive at least 90 hours for holidays. Represented full time employees accrue 6.67 hours of Vacation per month; accrue up to 52 hours of sick leave annually; receive at least 96 hours for holidays. PTO, Vacation, sick leave, and holiday hours are prorated based on start date during the calendar year.
Lockheed Martin is an equal opportunity employer. Qualified candidates will be considered without regard to legally protected characteristics.
How this job compares
Set against the 434 open Optical Engineer jobs on Olive Jobs, counted November 10, 2026.
- Pay
- This posting$88–164K/yr
- US median$115–201K/yr384 salary ranges
This range's midpoint, $126K, is 21% below the US median midpoint ($159K) — in the lowest quarter of Optical Engineer salary ranges across the US.
- Openings
- Olive Jobs lists 434 open Optical Engineer jobs across the US. Under 1% of them nationwide are listed as remote or flexible.
- Hiring the most across the US
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- Experience
- This posting asks for at least 20 years of experience — more than three in four Optical Engineer postings that state a minimum ask for (median 5 years, across 377 postings).
- Education
- 264 of the 434 open Optical Engineer jobs (61%) ask for a bachelor's degree or higher.
Counted across the open, public US postings on Olive Jobs on November 10, 2026. Pay medians are the middle values of the low ends and of the high ends of postings that list both ends of a range in the same cadence (a yearly salary or an hourly rate); a range's midpoint is halfway between its ends. Pay and experience figures resting on fewer than 20 postings are left out.
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