Optical Engineer

Job Responsibilities:

• Clearance: Candidates must have an active clearance to be considered for this position. Do not submit candidates without a clearance.
• Work Schedule: This position will require the individual to be on site 80-90% of the time. Final schedule TBD by hiring manager.
• Interview: 1st round interview will be with hiring manager. 2nd round interview will be with additional team members.
• Designs, models, analyzes, and tests optical, electro-optical, and opto-mechanical systems and components, including sensors, lasers, fiber-optics, and telecommunications products. Conducts research and development into phases of physical optics and geometric optics, lasers, laser characteristics, laser maintenance, and broadband optical sources.
• Applies research of complex optical systems to achieve desired optical outcomes. Develops component specifications, tolerances, simulations and tests procedures for electro-optical systems and components. Uses design-to-cost models, six sigma methodology, and other methods to assure and verify optical design requirements are met.

Skills:

• Cladding pumped, large diameter fiber (LDF) doped fiber amplifiers and/or some experience in high power laser systems.
• Familiarity with optics, thermal management, and laser control systems.
• Familiarity with the characterization of high-power fiber coupled pump sources.
• Cleanroom experience.
• Experience developing fiber pump combiners.
• Cladding light strippers.
• Fiber laser thermal solutions.

Education/Experience:

• Experience mitigating and studying nonlinear optics’(SRS, SBS, MMI/TMI).