Optical Development Manager

What you'll do

• Lead the design, build, and qualification of optical systems and metrology for Inter-satellite Link systems.
• Define and maintain optical test requirements to ensure alignment between engineering and production teams.
• Oversee optical module design validation testing and deliver technical reports for Program Reviews.
• Resolve technical problems in optical testing and manufacturing by developing and guiding optimal strategies.
• Develop new optical measurement methods using interferometers, cameras, imaging systems, and Hartmann sensors.
• Manage the development of MATLAB and Python scripts for data analysis and stakeholder visualization.
• Own the development of measurement processes for volume manufacturing and lead the transfer to production.

What we're looking for

• Must be a U.S. citizen, national, permanent resident, refugee, or granted asylum.
• 8+ years of experience in optical systems development across full product life cycles.
• 3 years of direct management experience leading technical teams through design, qualification, and manufacturing transitions.
• Experience leading teams with lasers, detectors, modulators, optical fiber, and metrology equipment like interferometers and Hartmann sensors.
• Experience defining and driving optical metrology strategies for component and system-level test and qualification.
• Experience in physical and geometric optics, Gaussian beam propagation, and detection.
• PhD in Optical Engineering, Physics, Electronics, or related discipline, or equivalent experience (preferred).
• Export control laws and regulations, candidates.