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 work on a design team developing systems such as imagers, passive and active EO tracking systems, LIDAR, and directed-energy systems. The department provides systems engineering expertise in the Electro-Optical Systems domain to support Space and Airborne Systems. In this onsite position in McKinney, Texas, the engineer will contribute to assessing system architectures, developing system requirements, and supporting design and build efforts. The work includes evaluating mission and system requirements and deriving design and performance requirements for subsystem and unit levels. The engineer will also apply an understanding of verification and test activities to help create an appropriate integrated verification and validation (IV&V) plan that meets program requirements. The position requires U.S. citizenship and an active, existing DoD Secret security clearance after the first day. The successful candidate must be able to obtain and maintain a U.S. government security clearance.
Requirements
- Bachelor’s degree in Physics or a STEM field, 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 laboratory work; experience may be gained through employment, research, coursework, or projects.
- U.S. citizenship and the ability to obtain and maintain a U.S. government security clearance.
- Active and existing DoD Secret security clearance required after day one.
Nice To Haves
- Prior internship or project experience related to opto-mechanical engineering, photonics, infrared physics, or optical systems.
- Programming experience using 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 requirements for electro-optical systems.
- 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 eligibility for annual short-term and/or long-term incentive compensation programs; payments are not guaranteed.
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Entry Level
