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, including imagers, passive and active EO tracking, LIDAR, and directed energy systems. The engineer will contribute to assessing system architectures, developing requirements, and supporting system design and build efforts. The role involves assessing mission and system requirements, deriving subsystem- and unit-level design and performance requirements, and supporting verification and test activities, 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 work may involve system architecture and design engineering, integrated product team leadership, lead systems engineering, chief engineering, requirements engineering, and EO systems analysis. This position is onsite in El Segundo, California and requires U.S. citizenship and an active, existing DoD Secret clearance after day one.
Requirements
- Master's degree in Physics, Optical Science, 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, including geometrical optics, physical optics, imaging systems, aberrations, or detectors.
- Hands-on experience with optical testing or alignment through coursework or lab work.
- Experience may be obtained through job experience, research, coursework, or projects.
- U.S. citizenship and the ability to obtain and maintain a U.S. government security clearance; an active and existing DoD Secret clearance is required after day one.
Nice To Haves
- 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
- Contribute to the assessment of electro-optical system architectures.
- Develop requirements for advanced electro-optical systems.
- Support the design and build of imagers, passive and active EO tracking systems, LIDAR, and directed energy systems.
- Assess mission and system requirements and derive subsystem- and unit-level design and performance requirements.
- 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
- Long-term disability
- 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
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Entry Level
