Full-Time
Senior Design Engineer
Ocean Optics
51-200 employees
Manufactures portable spectrometers and sensing solutions
No salary listed
London, UK
In Person
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- Experience providing technical ownership and design support for mechanical and electromechanical products.
- Ability to deliver engineering solutions that improve product performance, quality, cost, manufacturability, reliability, and customer experience.
- Ability to produce engineering documentation including calculations, test plans, reports, drawings, and specifications.
- Ability to collaborate with manufacturing, quality, supply chain, and commercial teams.
- Ability to develop concepts, prototypes, design updates, and detailed engineering solutions using sound engineering judgement and best practice.
- Ability to create and review engineering drawings, computer-aided design models, bills of materials, and technical specifications.
- Ability to perform engineering calculations, analysis, and testing to validate designs.
- Ability to develop test plans and validation activities for product changes, lifecycle improvements, customer requirements, and new product development.
- Ability to maintain accurate engineering records and technical documentation.
- Knowledge of regulatory and quality requirements.
- Ability to support product change management and lifecycle activities.
- Provide technical ownership and design support for the existing mechanical and electromechanical product portfolio, including sustaining engineering and lifecycle improvement activities.
- Support product change, value engineering, corrective actions, customer-led improvements, and selected new product development projects.
- Collaborate with manufacturing, quality, supply chain, and commercial teams to deliver successful project outcomes.
- Contribute to continuous improvement of engineering processes, tools, and design practices.
- Act as a technical point of contact for product queries, issue resolution, and engineering support relating to the current portfolio.
- Lead and support design activities across the existing product portfolio, including product updates, technical investigations, lifecycle improvements, and selected new product development projects.
- Create and review engineering drawings, computer-aided design models, bills of materials, and technical specifications.
- Perform engineering calculations, analysis, and testing to validate designs.
- Support design reviews and drive continuous improvement initiatives.
- Provide technical guidance and mentoring to engineers.
- Support problem solving across design, manufacturing, and customer applications.
- Drive collaboration across multidisciplinary teams.
- Contribute to engineering standards and best practice development.
- Develop test plans and validation activities for product changes, lifecycle improvements, customer requirements, and new product development where applicable.
- Maintain accurate engineering records and technical documentation.
- Support regulatory and quality requirements where applicable.
- Assist with product change management and lifecycle activities.
Ocean Optics makes compact spectroscopy hardware and related optical sensing tools. Its flagship products are miniature, portable spectrometers used to measure light across wavelengths for scientists and engineers in fields like chemical analysis, environmental monitoring, and industrial sensing. The devices work by detecting light that passes through or reflects from a sample and translating it into a spectrum—the distribution of light by wavelength—using optical components and a small detector. The company differentiates itself with a modular approach and small, affordable spectrometers that can be integrated into custom systems or handheld devices, enabling researchers to build compact spectroscopic tools rather than relying on large, expensive lab equipment. Ocean Optics' goal is to broaden access to spectral data by providing versatile, scalable sensing solutions that allow users to deploy spectroscopy across a wide range of applications and environments.
Company Size
51-200
Company Stage
N/A
Total Funding
N/A
Headquarters
Dunedin, Florida
Founded
1989
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Simplify's Take
What believers are saying
- Halma reported 8% photonics organic revenue growth in FY26, lifting Ocean Optics demand.
- Ocean Optics added 2026 conference booths across Europe, Asia, and North America.
- Bioz engagement rose in 2025, improving citation visibility and lead generation.
What critics are saying
- Avantes and Hamamatsu pressure pricing and performance in compact spectroscopy markets.
- Moxchange LLC v. Ocean Optics, Inc. remains an active legal distraction and cost.
- Distributor dependence on Edmund Optics can weaken direct customer control by 2027.
What makes Ocean Optics unique
- Ocean Optics invented miniature spectroscopy and still sells modular instruments globally.
- Halma backed Ocean Optics since 2004, supplying capital, distribution, and operational stability.
- The Edmund Optics marketplace partnership, announced September 22, 2025, widens customer access.
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↑ 1%ORLANDO, Fla. - (August 14, 2025) - Ocean Optics, a pioneer in modular spectroscopy and a trusted name in optical sensing, is proud to announce a new Supplier Partner relationship with Edmund Optics.
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Orlando, Florida, USA (May 4, 2023) – Ocean Optics, a brand of Ocean Insight, introduces compact, versatile Ocean SR series spectrometers distinguished by their rapid spectral acquisition speed and high signal to noise ratio (SNR) performance.