About this role
Senior Mechanical Designer NOVA | 1 At The NOVA Optical Infrared instrumentation Group at ASTRON in Dwingeloo,we develop world-leading optical and infrared instruments for some of the mostprestigious international observatories. We work closely with astronomers from theNOVA universities of Amsterdam, Groningen, Leiden and Nijmegen, and ourextensive network of industrial partners. Our primary goal is to develop instrumentsfor the Extremely Large Telescope (ELT, see the website of the European SouthernObservatory: elt.eso.org ) and other observatories, building on our rich history withthe Very Large Telescope and the James Webb Space Telescope. The group is dynamic and agile consisting of some 30 highly skilled professionals,covering all phases of instrument development -from feasibility, through design, tomanufacturing, testing and commissioning. We work across various disciplines,including optical, mechanical, thermal, electronics & software. The group is a worldleader in the design and manufacturing of opto-mechanical parts with extremelysmall tolerances. NOVA parts are highly specialized single pieces and small series ofadvanced milled parts and optics of different sizes (specials) that are made mostlyof aluminum. For this unique and innovative group we are on the lookout for a passionate anddetail-oriented: Senior Mechanical Designer(Instrument Engineer) 0,8 - 1,0 FTE In this position you will lead the mechanical design of the Visible Spectrograph ofMOSAIC. MOSAIC is the multi-object spectrograph instrument for the ELT that isbeing developed by a consortium of international partners led by CNRS-INSU inFrance. Your first objective is to successfully complete the current preliminarydesign phase by making detailed models and drawings of all the mechanicalcomponents of the Visible Spectrograph subsystem. After approval all parts will bemanufactured, integrated and verified together with the project team. The secondobjective is to ...