Cutting Edge Communications has an opening for a Sr. Optical Engineer. As a member of our team, you'll support our client in a vital role in advancing innovative technologies. This is an exciting opportunity to contribute to groundbreaking missions and work alongside industry leaders in a fast-paced, high-energy environment.
As an Optical Engineer, you will play a crucial role in supporting our client with optical design, analysis, integration, and test.
Responsibilities:
Support modeling and simulation of optical systems, and analysis of test data to anchor models and develop improvements to existing optical systems.
Develop and validate electromagnetic requirements for electrical systems, electronic systems, mechanical systems, interconnects, and structures. Develops architectures for system integration and component or hardware integration into higher level systems and platforms.
Coordinate with customer to establish key requirements and project objectives.
Perform trade studies, modeling, simulation, and other forms of analysis to predict component, interconnects, and system performance and to optimize design around established requirements.
Define and conduct critical tests of various kinds to validate performance of designs to requirements.
Work with suppliers and partners to ensure compliance to requirements.
Validate and test system design. Occasional night work is required.
Qualifications:
Bachelor of Science degree from an accredited course of study in engineering, engineering technology (includes manufacturing engineering technology), chemistry, physics, mathematics, data science, or computer science.
5+ years of experience with optical system architecture and requirements development, test, and verification.
5+ years of managing electro-optical development programs.
Master's degree or higher in a related field of engineering.
Experience working with adaptive optics systems.
Experience designing and integrating optical systems.
Optical System Integration: knowledge of multi-discipline integration issues applicable to infrared/electro-optical (IR/EO), visible, ultraviolet (UV), photonics, fiber, high energy laser, and optics, including reliability, availability, maintainability, testability, supportability, mechanical design, packaging, low observables, electrical, software, configuration management, environmental constraints, safety, human factors.
Benefits: We offer competitive salaries with an exceptional benefits package that includes 100% employer covered health insurance*, paid vacation, 10 paid holidays, and a 401(k) plan with employer contribution.