San Diego, CA, US 858.733.0039

GOE was established in 2009 by F. Tony Ghaemi who received his degrees from SDSU: BS in Chemical Physics, MS in Physics (optics concentration). His early career began in the field of biomedical optics as R&D optical engineer refining intra-ocular (IOL) lenses. He spent the next 13 years in design, build and test of high precision space-qualified optical systems ranging from half-meter size reflective telescopes to small refractive optical systems used on NASA space exploration missions. In 2001 he joined Malin Space Science  Systems (MSSS) as lead optics engineer spending over 7 years handling various responsibilities from proposal to delivery of science cameras for NASA's Mars and Moon exploratory missions. Responsibilities included optical design and analysis; opto-mechanical design; components supplier management (optics & mechanical); sub-contract award & management of optical systems; optical testing; system calibration. 

• Design and build of four science camera lenses (MC34, MC100, MAHLI & MARDI) for the Mars Curiosity (aka Mars Science Lab) rover - performed under contract to MSSS
• Design guidance and build of MastCam-Z camera lenses (flight & spare units), and design and build of WATSON camera lens for the Perseverance (aka Mars 2020) rover - performed under contract to MSSS
• Design, build and test of multiple camera lenses (flight & engineering units) for navigation cameras on NASA's VIPER (Volatiles Investigating Polar Exploration Rover) - performed under contract to NASA's Ames Research Center