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 the development and building of advanced electro-optical systems. The systems engineer will be part of a design team building electro-optical systems including imagers, passive/active EO tracking, LIDAR, and directed energy systems. The systems engineer will contribute to assessing systems architecture, developing requirements for these systems, and supporting the design and build efforts. This will involve assessing mission/system requirements and deriving design and performance requirements for subsystem and unit levels. The role also involves understanding verification and test activities to assist in the creation of a proper IV&V plan meeting the requirements of the program. The EOSD Department supports Space and Airborne Systems (SAS) by providing systems engineering expertise in the Electro-Optical Systems (EOS) domain. Typical roles within the department involve: EOS System Architects and System Design Engineers, Integrated Product Team Leadership, Lead Systems Engineers, Chief Engineers, Requirements Engineers, and EO Systems Analysts.
Requirements
- Bachelor's degree in Physics, Optical or related Science, Technology, Engineering or Mathematics (STEM) major obtained by 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 through coursework or lab work with optical testing or alignment
- Experience may be obtained through job experience, research, coursework, or projects
- The ability to obtain and maintain a U.S. government issued security clearance is required
- U.S. citizenship is required
- Active and existing security clearance required after day 1
Nice To Haves
- Internship or project experience related to opto-mechanical engineering, photonics, infrared physics, or optical systems
- Experience with programming 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
- Assessing systems architecture
- Developing requirements for electro-optical systems
- Supporting the design and build efforts of electro-optical systems
- Assessing mission/system requirements and deriving design and performance requirements for subsystem and unit levels
- Understanding verification and test activities to assist in the creation of a proper IV&V plan meeting the requirements of the program
Benefits
- Relocation eligible
- medical
- dental
- vision
- life insurance
- short-term disability
- long-term disability
- 401(k) match
- flexible spending accounts
- flexible work schedules
- employee assistance program
- Employee Scholar Program
- parental leave
- paid time off
- holidays
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Entry Level
