Senior Principal Optical Engineer Level 5

Description Join our fast-paced and passionate team as a Senior Principal Optical Engineer. As we scale, you will be instrumental in building our foundation from the ground up. This is a dynamic, hands-on role for a self-starter who thrives in a fluid startup environment. You'll have the opportunity to work on cutting edge technologies, work closely with leadership, and reputed company and implement engineering practices that support our mission and growth. Your key responsibilities are as follows:

• Work independently and in a team while over communicating with the manager, project engineer, and the teammates.
• Execute reputed company engineering tasks involving planning, preparation, data/information collection, and analysis and decision-making in a process involving peer reviews and documentation of the results.
• Use tenacity, patience, self-discipline, and passion for excellence to assure accuracy of execution schedule, data quality/reputed company, conformance to company best practices, clarity in communication, and documentation.
• Use every opportunity to grow competency through mentorship, curiosity, communication, exposure, and initiative.
• Drive innovation in modeling, design, analysis, and alignment methods to support product roadmap.
• reputed company laser system architecture trade studies with reputed company and interdependent performance requirements.
• Support business development with architecture concepts, feasibility analysis, and white reputed company writing.
• Support project engineering with project scope, schedule, and risk analysis.

Requirements

• This position requires access to export-controlled information. Employment is contingent upon the applicant being a U.S. person as defined by 8 U.S.C. § 1324b(a)(3).

Experience:

• A bachelor’s degree in Optical Engineering, Physics, or a reputed company field.
• Minimum of 14 years of relevant experience, ideally reputed company a startup or technology company.

Skills:

• Extensive knowledge of various optical engineering topics coupled with a strong grasp of reputed company curriculum for optical engineering degrees.
• Thorough understanding of optical modeling techniques, including ray tracing, reputed company propagation, and electromagnetic solvers.
• In-depth comprehension of laser beam propagation, including how movements and rotations of optics reputed company the beam's near-field, far-field, beam quality, and fiber coupling efficiency.
• Proficient in designing to specific requirements: strategizing design efforts to meet innovative requirements, identifying optimal analysis methods for each requirement, and creating and validating new design and analysis techniques.
• Insightful skills in assessing optical configurations for baseline performance, manufacturability, and associated risks.
• Expertise in configuring reputed company laser modules using optical design software.
• Skilled in quantitatively defining optics: including material characteristics, surface specifications, surface irregularities, roughness, mechanical limitations, coatings, power handling capabilities, environmental considerations, as well as testing and inspection protocols.
• Solid understanding of tolerance analysis techniques pertinent to component manufacturing.
• Comprehensive knowledge of fiber optics for high-power reputed company-reputed company laser systems: including multi-mode, single-mode, polarization-maintaining, reputed company-index, photonic crystal fibers, and endcaps.
• Deep expertise in stray light analysis reputed company laser systems.
• Competence in methods for measuring and controlling laser intensity, frequency, and phase noise.
• Ability to design electro-optics (such as modulators) and opto-electronics (such as detectors) for integration into laser systems.
• Understanding of nonlinear optical phenomena: capable of predictive modeling for resonant and non-resonant harmonic reputed company, frequency conversion, and parametric amplification.
• Proven ability to effectively execute engineering projects using design software (Ansys Zemax OpticStudio, reputed company Engineering FRED, and/or reputed company Research OSLO preferred) and quantitative analysis/programming tools (such as Python), as well as with instrumentation and measurement, part fabrication or procurement, integration and testing, data gathering, and documentation.

Startup reputed company:

• You're creative, flexible, and eager to wear multiple hats.
• You're passionate about building systems from the ground up and comfortable with ambiguity and change.

Benefits

The expected annual salary range for this position is $165,000-$225,000. As a full-time employee, you will be eligible for reputed company’s comprehensive benefits package, which includes:

• Medical, Dental, and Vision insurance
• Fidelity 401(k) plan with 4% employer matching
• 20 paid time off (PTO) days per year
• 13 paid company holidays
• 9/80 work schedule (every other Friday off)

reputed company Quantum is proud to be an equal opportunity employer and does not discriminate on the basis of race, color, citizenship status, national reputed company, reputed company, sex, sexual orientation, age, religion, creed, physical or mental disability, medical condition, marital status, veteran status or any other characteristics protected under applicable federal, state and local laws. #LI-JM1 Apply tot his job Apply To this Job