• Job Description

  Req#: 4875

  Overview

  BlueHalo is looking for an Entry Level Optical Engineer to support installation and testing of optical components, assemblies, and payload systems with thermal chambers, vacuum chambers, and shock and vibration stages. You will also help build and align free-space optics assemblies and testbeds (lenses, mirrors, beam splitters, etc.).

  You’d like to do this

  • Perform laboratory measurements using polarization analyzers, optical spectrum analyzers, optical power meters, imaging cameras, optical transmitters, optical receivers, oscilloscopes, and other test equipment.
  • Run tests to characterize optical and electrical performance of fast steering mirrors (FSMs)
  • Develop and execute assembly and test procedures for free-space and fiber-optic components and systems for spaceflight applications
  • Maintain optics lab facilities, equipment, tools, and supplies
  • Document your work in laboratory notebooks, PowerPoint slides, or word documents
  • Operate lasers up to and including Class 4
  • Support installation and testing of optical components, assemblies, and payload systems with thermal chambers, vacuum chambers, and shock and vibration stages
  • Build and align free-space optics assemblies and testbeds (lenses, mirrors, beam splitters, etc.)
  • Fiber-optic assembly involving high-reliability fusion splicing processes for specialty fiber types
  • Work inside a cleanroom environment
  • Work with devices sensitive to electrostatic discharge (ESD)

  You’re required to have this

  • BS. degree in physics, optical, mechanical, or electrical engineering or equivalent experience working with free-space optical systems
  • Enjoy working on complex systems with interdisciplinary engineering teams
  • Experience handling and aligning free-space optical components, such as lenses and mirrors
  • Experience operating lasers or optical systems
  • Experience performing measurements using optical and electrical test equipment, including waveform generators, oscilloscopes, optical spectrum analyzers, polarization analyzers, optical power and energy sensors
  • US. Citizen eligible to obtain a Security Clearance

  Desired Qualifications:

  • 2+ years of professional experience
  • Knowledge of optical modulation schemes
  • Prior experience working in cleanrooms
  • Prior experience working with ESD-sensitive devices
  • Software development with LabVIEW, C++, Java, Matlab, or Python

  Leading the Transformation

  The BlueHalo Effect It speaks to who we are as a company, a global protective ring that shields everything we most want to safeguard, an unbroken line that ensures our customers retain the advantage in any battlespace, from high above the Earth to deep in cyberspace. It’s who we are, a halo, a protector, the light of inspired engineering keeping our Nation safe. Our vision is a world where national security is certain because technical superiority is assured. Join us and become a vital element of The BlueHalo Effect! EEO Statement BlueHalo is committed to hiring and retaining a diverse workforce. We are proud to be an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action Employer, making decisions without regard to race, color, religion, creed, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, marital status, national origin, age, veteran status, disability, or any other protected class. U.S. Citizenship is required for most positions. If you are an individual with a disability and would like to request a reasonable workplace accommodation for any part of the employment process, please send an email to Recruiting@bluehalo.com. Please indicate the specifics of the assistance needed. This option is reserved only for individuals who are requesting a reasonable workplace accommodation. It is not intended for other purposes or inquiries.

• About the company

  BlueHalo - Leading the Transformation of Modern Warfare, Space Superiority, Directed Energy, Air Missile Defense, C4ISR, Intelligence, Cyber

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