Optical Communication Engineer
Company: FIBERTEK, INC.
Location: Herndon
Posted on: October 29, 2024
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Job Description:
Would you enjoy working with a collaborative team of engineers
to design and build satellite based optical communications laser
terminals including optical inter-satellite links (OISL) and direct
to earth links.----- Fibertek is looking for an optical
communication engineer to join our Herndon, VA team to help pave
the way for tomorrow----??s advancement in space exploration. You
will embrace a team atmosphere while being empowered to make
decisions in your area of expertise.
Job duties:
As an optical communications engineer, you will be responsible for
designing and building optical space terminals. Work includes
optical space lasercom design, hand-on building space flight
optical flight terminals, and conducting performance and
environmental verification testing for space. Design and work with
some of the smartest minds in engineering actively involved in
current high-profile NASA and DOD missions. You will use your
direct hands-on experience to support the build, alignment, and
performance characterization of laser communication terminals,
build space fiber lasers, and develop optical pointing and tracking
systems. Activities include coordinating and performing formal
acceptance and qualification testing across multiple concurrent
projects with a mix of short-duration flight programs and
long-duration technology maturation programs.
----- Experience and expertise required:
BS in Physics, Optical engineering or other related engineering
specialties with a minimum of 3 years direct hands-on designing,
building, and characterizing optical systems.
Efficient at developing and executing on complex optical alignment
methods.
Understanding of opto-mechanical, thermo-optic tolerance and
stability.
Knowledge of laser theory and industry best practices associated
with fiber laser systems including continuous wave, pulsed, and
high peak power fiber lasers.
Ability or interest in building fiber lasers.
Ability to design and execute experiments validating communications
system performance and correlate the results with the expected
performance.
Strong communication and documentation skills for efficient
multidisciplinary coordination
Desired qualifications:
Experience or ability to work within an aerospace environment is a
plus including environmental test capability of hardware
before/after vibration and inside a thermal vacuum chamber.
Experience with modeling and simulation of optical systems using
industry standard tools such as MATLAB, MATHCAD, ZEMAX or
equivalent software tools
Ability to develop innovative solutions to complex challenges
demonstrating ingenuity and creativity
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Keywords: FIBERTEK, INC., Chantilly , Optical Communication Engineer, Engineering , Herndon, Virginia
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