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Market evidence report — optomechanical-engineer
Source: 47 real job ads (JSearch API, countries: us 40, gb 7), extracted into the MSSQL evidence store; as of 2026-07-18. This report contains extracted, aggregated facts only — no ad text is reproduced (copyright / platform terms).
Seniority distribution
| Seniority | Ads | Share |
|---|---|---|
| senior | 20 | 43 % |
| mid | 18 | 38 % |
| lead | 5 | 11 % |
| junior | 2 | 4 % |
| n/a | 2 | 4 % |
Tools — full market ranking
| # | Item | Ads | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Solidworks | 19 | 40 % |
| 2 | ANSYS | 8 | 17 % |
| 3 | Creo | 6 | 13 % |
| 4 | Zemax | 6 | 13 % |
| 5 | Python | 4 | 9 % |
| 6 | Solid Works | 4 | 9 % |
| 7 | Code V | 3 | 6 % |
| 8 | NX | 3 | 6 % |
Hard skills — full market ranking
| # | Item | Ads | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | mechanical design | 14 | 30 % |
| 2 | opto-mechanical design | 12 | 26 % |
| 3 | optical system design | 9 | 19 % |
| 4 | tolerance analysis | 9 | 19 % |
| 5 | structural analysis | 8 | 17 % |
| 6 | thermal analysis | 7 | 15 % |
| 7 | optomechanical design | 5 | 11 % |
| 8 | opto-mechanical system design | 5 | 11 % |
| 9 | system integration | 5 | 11 % |
| 10 | thermal management | 5 | 11 % |
| 11 | data analysis | 3 | 6 % |
| 12 | optical alignment | 3 | 6 % |
| 13 | optical system development | 3 | 6 % |
| 14 | optical system integration | 3 | 6 % |
| 15 | packaging design | 3 | 6 % |
Methods — full market ranking
| # | Item | Ads | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | finite element analysis (FEA) | 3 | 6 % |
Responsibilities — full market ranking
| # | Item | Ads | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | cross-functional collaboration | 6 | 13 % |
| 2 | prototype building | 5 | 11 % |
| 3 | system development | 5 | 11 % |
| 4 | technical documentation | 4 | 9 % |
| 5 | design development | 3 | 6 % |
| 6 | innovation driving | 3 | 6 % |
| 7 | system design | 3 | 6 % |
| 8 | system development leadership | 3 | 6 % |
| 9 | technical leadership | 3 | 6 % |
| 10 | vendor management | 3 | 6 % |
Regional breakdown
Corpus note: 47 relevant ads in total — below the 100-ad target for a fully reliable ranking. Percentages above should be read as indicative.
US (us)
40 ads.
Top hard skills:
- mechanical design — 28 % (11 ads)
- opto-mechanical design — 25 % (10 ads)
- optical system design — 22 % (9 ads)
- tolerance analysis — 20 % (8 ads)
- structural analysis — 18 % (7 ads)
- thermal analysis — 15 % (6 ads)
- opto-mechanical system design — 12 % (5 ads)
- thermal management — 12 % (5 ads)
- system integration — 10 % (4 ads)
- optical alignment — 8 % (3 ads)
Top tools:
- Solidworks — 40 % (16 ads)
- ANSYS — 20 % (8 ads)
- Zemax — 12 % (5 ads)
- Code V — 8 % (3 ads)
- Creo — 8 % (3 ads)
- Python — 8 % (3 ads)
- AutoCAD — 5 % (2 ads)
- CAD — 5 % (2 ads)
- COMSOL — 5 % (2 ads)
- FEA software — 5 % (2 ads)
Seniority: senior 42 % · mid 35 % · lead 12 % · junior 5 % · n/a 5 %
UK (gb)
Insufficient evidence — 7 ads (minimum for a regional ranking: 30). No ranking is reported for this region.
EU/DACH (de, at, ch, nl)
Insufficient evidence — 0 ads (minimum for a regional ranking: 30). No ranking is reported for this region.
Job title variants in the market
| Title | Ads |
|---|---|
| Optomechanical Engineer | 4 |
| Opto-Mechanical Engineer | 3 |
| Senior Opto-Mechanical Engineer | 3 |
| Lead Opto-Mechanical Engineer Laser Systems | 2 |
| Lead Opto-Mechanical Engineer: Laser & Fiber Systems | 2 |
| Principal Opto-Mechanical Engineer | 2 |
| Senior Opto-Mechanical Engineer – Laser & Fiber Systems | 2 |
| Engineer - 3D Modeling Opto-Mechanical - West Seneca, NY | 1 |
| Hybrid Research Engineer — Precision Opto-Mechanical | 1 |
| Lead Opto-Mechanical & Multiphysics Engineer | 1 |
| Lead Opto-Mechanical Design Engineer | 1 |
| Lead Opto-Mechanical Engineer Flight-Qualified Systems | 1 |
| Lead Opto-Mechanical Engineer for Flight-Qualified Systems | 1 |
| Optical Engineer, Amazon Leo for Government, Optical and Opto-Mechanical Engineering | 1 |
| Opto Mechanical Engineer | 1 |
| Opto-Mechanical Design Engineer - CFD & Thermal | 1 |
| Opto-Mechanical Design Engineer High-Precision Lasers | 1 |
| Opto-Mechanical Design Engineer: Precision Laser Systems | 1 |
| Optomechanical Design Scientist, Optical Connectivity | 1 |
| Opto-Mechanical Engineer – Precision Metrology | 1 |
| Opto-Mechanical Engineer/Technician | 1 |
| Opto-Mechanical Engineering Intern | 1 |
| Senior Opto-Mechanical Engineer - Space Systems | 1 |
| Senior Opto-Mechanical Engineer 21 | 1 |
| Senior Opto-Mechanical Engineer 8 | 1 |
Methodology: entities extracted per ad ({hard_skills, tools, methods, responsibilities, seniority}), normalized, counted as DISTINCT ads per entity; report threshold ≥ 3 ads. Headline sections in skills.md/tools.md use the stricter ≥ 20 % threshold.