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Millennium Space Systems · 2 weeks ago

Optical Systems Engineer (Mid-Career)

El Segundo, CA

Full-time

Onsite

Mid, Senior Level

$127K/yr - $186K/yr

7+ years exp

Millennium Space Systems, A Boeing Company delivers affordable, high-performance space systems for exacting customers. The Optical Systems Engineer will oversee optical communications terminals and manage critical interfaces to optical systems, ensuring system specifications meet mission needs while supporting mission engineering and optical hardware development.

AerospaceSpace Travel

Growth Opportunities

No H1B

Security Clearance Required

U.S. Citizen Only

Responsibilities

Develop and validate mission and unit level requirements for OCTs, electro-optical (EO) sensors, and space vehicle interfaces

Design and implement modeling and simulation of optical systems

Develop and execute unit and system level tests on the ground and on-orbit to verify performance

Manage supplier and partner performance

Manage complex projects by coordinating work statements, setting and tracking budget/schedule, and measuring technical performance

Support large-scale new business proposals

Qualification

Optical engineeringModelingSimulationElectro-optical sensorsLaser communicationOptical hardware designData processingSecurity clearanceTeam mentoringProject management

Required

Bachelor's Degree in engineering or the physical sciences / computer science

7+ years industry experience in optical engineering

Experience with space-to-space and/or space-to-ground laser communication

Experience with performance/phenomenology/modeling of space-based EO sensors

Ability to train and mentor other members of the team

This position requires the ability to obtain a U.S. Security Clearance for which the U.S. Government requires U.S. Citizenship. An interim and/or final U.S. Top Secret Clearance Post-Start is required

Preferred

10+ industry experience working with satellite optical instrumentation, design, and/or operation

On-orbit experience in the operation and performance validation of OCTs

Ability to develop and maintain an OCT link budget

Experience with design, integration, qualification, and test of satellite optical hardware such as EO/IR payloads, star trackers, laser range finders, etc

Experience with onboard and ground processing of optical data to extract mission-related information

Active TS/SCI clearance