Staff Electro-Optical Engineer - Mission Modeling
$140,000–$190,000 year
HybridLongmont, Colorado, United States
Job Summary
Develop, maintain, and exercise laser system performance modeling and analysis tools to inform architecture trades and drive key system performance requirements. Engage with customer technical teams as a system architecture expert to support proposal efforts and early program execution via novel concept evaluation. Process and analyze data from field tests to validate compliance against requirements, anchor models, and support system troubleshooting. Collaborate with engineering teams across disciplines to understand design trades and develop traceable system performance requirements. Provide on-site and remote technical leadership during field tests, including real-time decision-making and risk mitigation planning. Author and review technical reports, test plans, and customer-facing documentation while mentoring engineers and technicians.
Required Qualifications
- 7+ years of experience
- Master's Degree in Engineering, Science or related field
- U.S. DoD Personnel Security Clearance (must possess or be qualified to obtain)
- Commitment to Excellence
- Attention to Detail
- Pride in Workmanship
- Ability to work in a dynamic environment and maintain composure and strong working relationships under pressure
- Ability to communicate complex concepts to internal and external stakeholders/customers in clear and concise manner
- Ability to lead detailed technical discussions with customer technical experts
- Ability to independently plan, prioritize, and execute work with minimal oversight, meeting mid- to long-term program milestones
- Advanced problem-solving capability
- Expertise in multiple of the following areas: physics-based modeling and simulation, wave optics propagation, Fourier optics, beam control and adaptive optics, radiometry of active and passive imaging systems, direct detect and coherent detect lidar, light-matter interaction, statistical analysis, systems analysis, mission analysis, and experimental work with laser systems
- Expertise in MATLAB, Python, and/or C/C++/C#
- Experience mentoring engineers and technicians and providing technical direction across disciplines
Desired Qualifications
- PhD
- Experience in Adaptive Optics (AO) Systems and/or High Energy Laser systems
- System-level understanding of electro-optical architecture and interface management
- Experience in thermal management systems and thermal performance trade-offs
- Experience in power storage and distribution systems and performance trade-offs
- STOP analysis (structural, thermal, optical performance)
- Experience in vibration test, analysis, and isolation methods, particularly jitter analysis for opto-mechanical systems
- Experience in finite element analysis (FEA) modeling of vibration and thermal effects
- Experience in computational fluid dynamics (CFD) analysis
- Exposure to MIL‐STD‐810 design, analysis, and/or qualification testing
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