Electro-Optical Engineer

York Spaces SystemsGreenwood Village, CO

About The Position

York Space Systems is looking for Electro-Optical (EO) Engineers with 0-4 years of experience. York EO Engineers work closely with our technology partners and internal subsystems for ensuring optical communications systems are actualized. The ideal candidate looks forward to being a focal point for successful cross-disciplinary integration of optical communication systems. As an EO Engineer at York, you will experience the full optical communications system life cycle from proposal to on-orbit commissioning, with a mixture of hands-on hardware activities and at-the-desk systems engineering work, directly contributing to making on-orbit laser links. This is a systems integrator role that is highly vendor facing, not a design role.

Requirements

  • Bachelor’s Degree in Optical Engineering, Electrical Engineering, RF Engineering, Aerospace Engineering, or related field
  • Ability to script using Python and work with version control systems (Git)
  • Must be self-accountable, have high attention for detail, and look forward to collaboration in a fast-paced team environment
  • Must have, or a willingness to obtain, a DoD Security Clearance

Nice To Haves

  • Experience with the environments experienced by a spacecraft and their implications to precision optical systems
  • Experience in the design, development, and/or testing of optical communications systems or their components
  • Prior experience with environmental test campaigns of electro-optical components or systems (such as vibration testing and thermal chamber testing)
  • Background in electronics
  • Active DoD Security Clearance

Responsibilities

  • Drive the full systems engineering development lifecycle for optical communication systems
  • Perform trade studies on optical communication system capabilities to meet customer requirements
  • Develop optical communications link budgets
  • Determine optical communication specifications in accordance with spacecraft designs, customer requirements, optical analysis, and industry standards
  • Support requirement decomposition and allocation regarding optical communication systems
  • Develop and maintain standard systems engineering products in support of major engineering program reviews (SRR, PDR, CDR, TRR, PSR, etc.)
  • Oversee the delivery of optical communication systems from our suppliers
  • Support test execution and troubleshooting involving optical communication systems utilizing optical test equipment
  • Drive cross-vendor interoperability assessments and troubleshooting
  • Participate in vendor/customer calls as the technical POC for the organization for a program of record
  • Support on-orbit optical communication system link testing and operations through the development of operational procedures
  • Fulfill the role of optical physics SME within engineering
  • May require some travel to support testing and launch
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