SENIOR ELECTRO-OPTICAL SYSTEMS DESIGN ENGINEER

KEY RESPONSIBILITIES

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- Lead the architecture of an advanced electro-optical subsystem for

space: optical layout, precision-pointing concept, and the

SWaP/performance trade space.

- Drive precision pointing, acquisition, and tracking design -

acquisition strategy, coarse/fine pointing architecture, control-loop

design, and the associated sensor/actuator selection.

- Define the optical and laser front-end: telescope/aperture, transmit

and receive optical paths, and stray-light/isolation control.

- Specify the optical sensor chain and the beam-steering optomechanics

(fast-steering element plus coarse mechanism).

- Derive and flow down requirements across the power, high-speed-digital,

and software work; own the interfaces and the overall optical and

pointing budgets.

- Drive analysis and verification: optical, thermal,

structural/optomechanical, jitter/stability, and closed-loop pointing

performance, including in-orbit calibration approach.

- Guide the design through space qualification (vibration,

thermal-vacuum, radiation, EEE-parts derating) toward flight readiness.

- Support build-vs-buy decisions and manage key optical, laser, and

precision-component vendors.

REQUIRED QUALIFICATIONS (MUST-HAVE)

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- B.Sc./M.Sc. (Ph.D. an asset) in Electro-Optics, Physics,

Optical/Photonic Engineering, Aerospace, or Electrical Engineering with

a strong optics emphasis.

- 7+ years designing precision electro-optical, laser, or optical-sensing

systems (space, defense EO/seekers, laser-based pointing systems, or

lidar all qualify).

- Demonstrated ownership of at least one - ideally both - of:

* Optical/laser system design - telescopes, laser/fiber-amplifier

sources, detectors, optical benches; and/or

* Precision pointing/tracking control - closed-loop line-of-sight

stabilization or acquisition-and-tracking with genuine µrad-class

performance.

- Fluency in optical and pointing/error budgets.

- Systems-engineering breadth to work across power, high-speed digital,

and software - able to drive and coordinate those disciplines

technically even where they aren't the candidate's own specialty.

- Experience with space or high-reliability environments (vibration,

thermal-vacuum, radiation, derating), or clearly transferable hi-rel

background.

STRONGLY PREFERRED

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- Hands-on experience with precision pointing/tracking for EO payloads,

seekers, or gyro-stabilized line-of-sight systems.

- Familiarity with fiber photonics / laser sources and optical

amplifiers.

- Optomechanical design sense: athermalization, alignment,

jitter/microvibration control.

- Experience taking a design through a formal space-qualification /

flight program.

NICE TO HAVE

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- GNC/astrodynamics background relevant to open-loop pointing and

look-angle prediction.

- FPGA-adjacent or DSP awareness for sensor/data interfaces.

- Prior vendor management with optical/laser suppliers.