Optical Engineer (Laser Systems)

Architect active EO channels: source, modulation, transmit path, receiver, and detection scheme.

Own the link budget end to end and defend it against measured data.

Write the channel side of the laser transmitter specification and ICD: pulse energy, pulse width, repetition rate, timing jitter, linewidth and coherence, divergence, and the seed format a seeded MOPA amplifier must preserve (seeds are bought off the shelf). The Laser Engineer designs to it; you defend it.

Laser source selection and qualification, near term, off-the-shelf transmitters from wherever expediency and cost win, plus modulators and detectors, and hold the technical vendor relationships for them.

Characterize transmitters as channel components and own their acceptance at channel level: measured energy, jitter, beam quality, and coherence over temperature and life, proving the link closes with real hardware rather than datasheets.

Design and build the coherent receiver: optical, electrical, and the signal chain to a usable measurement.

Integrate the transmitter into the channel: trigger and synchronization, the swap-ready source interface that lets a bought laser be replaced by our own without redesigning the channel, and, with the opto-mechanical engineer, shared apertures, boresight, and stray light.

Take the channel from bench demonstration to a packaging path that survives the flight environment.

Work lasers safely and legally in your own testing: classification inputs, NOHD analysis, and range safety for coherent-channel test events, under the Laser Safety Officer.

Deliver the coherent channel's measurements into the fusion and tracking stack with honest error models.