Optical Test Engineer (Integration & Test)

What you'll do

• Design, build, and operate optical metrology and test systems.
• Automate optical test equipment and data collection for high-volume products.
• Use test data to troubleshoot issues with optical flight hardware.
• Develop test plans and maintain design specifications and capabilities data.
• Design test fixtures for engineering and production tests.
• Develop production procedures and manage the transition of parts to high-rate production.
• Instruct technicians on the operation of optical test and metrology equipment.
• Inform optical flight hardware designs to enable efficient test operations.

What we're looking for

• Bachelor’s degree in physics or an engineering discipline.
• 2+ years of hands-on laboratory or work experience in optics, photonics, or laser technology.
• Master's degree or PhD in physics or an engineering discipline (preferred).
• Hands-on experience with optical test equipment such as power meters, interferometers, and laser sources (preferred).
• Proficiency with optical analysis tools such as ZEMAX (preferred).
• Knowledge of lasers, photodiodes, fiber optics, optical alignment, and signal integrity principles (preferred).
• Proficiency in programming languages like Python or C/C++ and software version control (preferred).
• U.S. citizen, national, lawful permanent resident, refugee, asylee, or eligible for Department of State authorization.