About the role

  • Systems Engineer supporting development of cutting-edge photonic technology and custom hardware for various applications. Collaborating with stakeholders and government customers for program success.

Responsibilities

  • Support the systems engineering effort for programs that develop new photonic technology and custom hardware for free-space optical communications, laser transmitters for remote sensing, RF photonics, and other applications
  • Collaborate with all stake holders to derive physical, software and electronics requirements from customer requirements.
  • Flow down requirements to any/all subsystems as required.
  • Document requirements at the systems and subsystems levels, for hardware and software, and update as needed.
  • Participate in all aspects of systems requirements verification process including document requirements verification procedures, execute tests and document verification results, and maintain relevant documentation.
  • Maintain requirements for the lifecycle of a program and develop verification methods for each one.
  • Support program execution activities including but not limited to: Develop accurate estimates of resources and task intervals for program managers, and track and meet schedule milestones and cost objectives
  • Interact extensively with Government customers, during formal program reviews and throughout the program lifecycle, to negotiate requirements, present detailed technical status updates, and to identify new business opportunities
  • Supervise and direct the work of both technicians and junior engineers in the development, modeling, and testing of systems
  • Work closely with the hardware fabrication team to develop appropriate build and test procedures
  • Contribute to the growth of OPS by creation of new ideas for the technical growth, championing our technology in personal interactions with customers, and proposal creation

Requirements

  • Bachelors in Optics, Physics, Systems Engineering, Aerospace Engineering, Opto-mechanics, Electrical Engineering, or a related field and a minimum of 5 years of experience OR equivalent experience in lieu of a degree.
  • Must be willing to obtain a security clearance
  • Experience with spacecraft payloads, spacecraft communication systems, fiber optics, fiber lasers, free-space optical design, optical communications, nonlinear optics, ultrafast lasers, spectroscopy, integrated photonics, and RF photonics
  • Demonstrated experience in test procedure generation and technical writing skills for test documents management
  • Strong skills in instrumentation automation, data analysis and system simulations using MATLAB, Python, C, and/or LabVIEW

Benefits

  • healthcare
  • wellness
  • financial
  • retirement
  • family support
  • continuing education
  • time off benefits

Job title

Systems Engineer

Job type

Experience level

Mid levelSenior

Salary

$82,100 - $172,400 per year

Degree requirement

Bachelor's Degree

Location requirements

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