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 supporting systems such as imagers, passive and active EO tracking, LIDAR, and directed-energy systems. The role contributes to assessing system architecture, developing requirements, and supporting design and build efforts. It involves assessing mission and system requirements and deriving design and performance requirements at subsystem and unit levels. The engineer also helps understand verification and test activities and create an appropriate IV&V plan that meets program requirements. The department provides systems engineering expertise in the Electro-Optical Systems domain to Space and Airborne Systems. Typical work includes system architecture and design, integrated product team and systems engineering leadership, requirements engineering, and EO systems analysis. This position is onsite in Goleta, California, and requires U.S. citizenship and an active existing DoD Secret clearance after day one.
Requirements
- Bachelor’s degree in Physics, Optical, or a related STEM major, obtained by the start date.
- Experience with electro-optical infrared imagery, focal-plane technology, lenses, or apertures.
- Experience with fundamental optical principles, such as 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 obtained through job experience, research, coursework, or projects.
- U.S. citizenship is required because only U.S. citizens are eligible for a security clearance.
- An active and existing DoD Secret security clearance is required after day one; the role also requires the ability to obtain and maintain a U.S. government-issued security clearance.
Nice To Haves
- 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 architecture.
- Develop requirements for advanced electro-optical systems.
- Support system design and build efforts.
- Assess mission and system requirements and derive subsystem- and unit-level design and performance requirements.
- Support verification and test activities and help create an IV&V plan that meets program requirements.
- Contribute to development of electro-optical systems, including imagers, passive and active EO tracking, LIDAR, and directed-energy systems.
Benefits
- Relocation eligibility.
- Medical insurance.
- Dental insurance.
- Vision insurance.
- Life insurance.
- Short-term disability coverage.
- Long-term disability coverage.
- 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
