Electro-Optical Engineer

York Space Systems•Greenwood Village, CO

About The Position

York Space Systems was founded to radically improve spacecraft affordability and reliability, transforming, and enabling next- generation space mission operations worldwide. Today, York is one of the most innovative aerospace companies, specializing in end-to-end customer solutions and the rapid production of spacecraft platforms. York’s complete Space Segment Solution includes spacecraft production, payload integration, system integration & test, launch services, ground segment services, and mission operations, enabling customers to leverage York’s existing technology solutions to get to orbit rapidly and responsively. We’re looking to expand our team across the board. 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