Electro-Optics Systems Engineer I (Onsite)
About The Position
The Electro-Optical System Design Department is seeking an Electro-Optical Systems Engineer to support the Advanced Products & Solutions Mission Area in developing and building advanced electro-optical systems. The engineer will join a design team working on systems such as imagers, passive and active EO tracking, LIDAR, and directed energy systems. The department provides electro-optical systems engineering expertise to Space and Airborne Systems (SAS). In this onsite role in McKinney, Texas, the engineer will contribute to assessing system architectures, developing system requirements, and supporting design and build efforts. The work includes assessing mission and system requirements and deriving design and performance requirements for subsystems and units. The engineer will also support understanding verification and test activities and help create an appropriate IV&V plan that meets program requirements.
Requirements
- Bachelor's degree in Physics, Optical, Science, Technology, Engineering, or Mathematics (STEM), obtained by the start date.
- Experience with electro-optical infrared imagery, focal plane technology, lenses, or apertures.
- Experience with fundamental optical principles, including geometrical optics, physical optics, imaging systems, aberrations, or detectors.
- Hands-on experience with optical testing or alignment through coursework or lab work.
- Ability to obtain and maintain a U.S. government-issued security clearance; U.S. citizenship is required.
- Active and existing DoD Secret clearance required after day one.
Nice To Haves
- Prior internship or project experience related to opto-mechanical engineering, photonics, infrared physics, or optical systems.
- Experience programming with C++ or Python.
- Experience or coursework in signal processing, image processing, tracking, computer vision, or machine learning.
- Knowledge of systems engineering architecture and design, integration and test, and verification and validation approaches.
- Experience using MATLAB for data analysis.
- Strong analytical and problem-solving skills.
Responsibilities
- Assess electro-optical system architectures.
- Develop system requirements.
- Support system design and build efforts.
- Assess mission and system requirements and derive design and performance requirements for subsystem and unit levels.
- Understand verification and test activities and assist in creating an IV&V plan that meets program requirements.
Benefits
- Relocation eligibility.
- Medical insurance.
- Dental insurance.
- Vision insurance.
- Life insurance.
- Short-term disability insurance.
- Long-term disability insurance.
- 401(k) match.
- Flexible spending accounts.
- Flexible work schedules.
- Employee assistance program.
- Employee Scholar Program.
- Parental leave.
- Paid time off.
- Holidays.
- Potential annual short-term and/or long-term incentive compensation, depending on position level and collective-bargaining coverage.
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Entry Level
