Electro-Optics Systems Engineer II (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 role contributes to systems architecture assessments, requirements development, and system design and build activities. It includes assessing mission and system requirements, deriving subsystem- and unit-level design and performance requirements, and supporting verification and test planning, including creation of an IV&V plan that meets program requirements. The EOSD Department provides systems engineering expertise in the Electro-Optical Systems domain to Space and Airborne Systems. Typical department roles include EOS system architects and system design engineers, integrated product team leadership, lead systems engineers and chief engineers, requirements engineers, and EO systems analysts. This is an onsite position in Goleta, California, requiring the ability to obtain and maintain a U.S. government security clearance; U.S. citizenship is required. An active and existing Secret clearance is required after day one.
Requirements
- Master's degree in Physics, Optical Science, Technology, Engineering, Mathematics, or another STEM field 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 optical testing or alignment experience through coursework or lab work; experience may come from job experience, research, coursework, or projects.
- Ability to obtain and maintain a U.S. government-issued security clearance; U.S. citizenship is required.
- Active and existing DoD Secret security clearance required after day one.
Nice To Haves
- Internship or project experience related to opto-mechanical engineering, photonics, infrared physics, or optical systems.
- Programming experience 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 requirements for electro-optical systems.
- Support design and build efforts for advanced electro-optical systems.
- Assess mission and system requirements and derive subsystem- and unit-level design and performance requirements.
- Understand verification and test activities and assist in developing an IV&V plan that meets program requirements.
- Provide systems engineering expertise in the electro-optical systems domain.
Benefits
- Medical insurance
- Dental insurance
- Vision insurance
- 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
- Relocation eligibility
- Possible annual short-term and/or long-term incentive compensation, subject to eligibility and program conditions
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Mid Level
