Sr. Optical Engineer

2 weeks ago


Reston, United States Castalia Systems Full time
Job DescriptionJob Description

Job Type: Full-Time

Clearance: TS/SCI

Must be a U.S. citizen

Benefits: Medical, dental, and vision coverage, 401k matching, generous PTO, paid holidays, professional training opportunities, and even pet insurance to ensure your furry friends are cared for too.

Job Summary

A Senior Optical Engineer?will lead engineering teams in the development of complex processing capabilities in support of?national security for our IC customer.

Provide advisory and assistance support to the Space and Counterspace Division within Science and Technology Directorate. Typical support includes Systems Engineering and Technical Assistance (SETA) and advisory and assistance support related to sensor technologies.

Roles and Responsibilities

  • A qualified candidate will perform the following duties and responsibilities, but are not limited to:
  • Provide expertise for design of optical system analysis.
  • Support the design and operation of all types of optical technologies various phenomenologies using different sensor platforms.
  • Review, edit and enhance vendor documentation to support operating electro-optic systems, such as operating manuals and concepts of operations.
  • Operate prototype electro-optic systems.
  • Write results documentation including recommendations on systems parameters settings necessary to improve the performance of the system.
  • Support program development documentation such as system requirements documents, concepts of operations, interagency support agreements, operational security plans, deployment plans, and test reports.
  • Travel as necessary to vendor facilities to evaluate system checkout, perform security accreditation, and provide independent documentation to assess the performance and capabilities of vendor developed electro-optical systems.
  • Attend conferences and perform literature reviews, after which he/she will provide a written assessment on the current state-of-the-art with recommendations for future courses of action for the government.

Knowledge and Skills

  • 10+ years’ experience working in Optical engineering
  • Demonstrated expertise for design and optical system analysis.
  • Demonstrated strong proficiency working in optics in major system development. Demonstrated experience in the review, edit and enhancement of vendor documentation to support operating electro-optic systems, such as operating manuals and concepts of operations.
  • Experience operating prototype electro-optic systems; proficient at recommending systems parameters settings. Experience providing test results documentation.
  • Experience supporting program development documentation such as system requirements documents, concepts of operations, interagency support agreements, operational security plans, deployment plans, and test reports.

Desired:

  • Experience characterizing all types of optical systems.
  • Experience in the design and operation of all types of optical technologies with deep experience in collecting optical performance data from various phenomenologies using a wide variety of sensor platforms is preferred.
  • Systems acquisition experience demonstrating the capability to evaluate system checkout, perform security accreditation, and provide independent documentation to assess the performance and capabilities of vendor developed electro-optical systems.

Education

  • Bachelor’s degree in a STEM related field. Master’s degree preferred

Physical Requirements/work environment

  • Typical office environment

Travel

  • As necessary to vendor facilities to evaluate system checkout, perform security accreditation, and provide independent documentation to assess the performance and capabilities of vendor developed electro-optical systems.

Company Description

Castalia Systems is a proven business partner providing mission critical solutions to the Federal Government. We provide cutting edge solutions from Securing and Managing Data to Systems Engineering and Development. Castalia Systems is a pioneer in Artificial Intelligence Design and Application.

With our vast knowledge of our customers needs and relevant technology, our team is able to bring successful solutions to every mission. We are one-upping our competitors by providing premium IT solutions and platforms with a cutting edge technology so it’s so evident when you compare us with anyone.

Disclaimer

Castalia Systems is an equal employment opportunity and affirmative action employer and strives to comply with all applicable laws prohibiting discrimination based on race, color, creed, sex, sexual orientation, age, national origin, or ancestry, physical or mental disability, veteran status, marital status, HIV-positive status, as well as any other category protected by federal, state, or local laws. All such discrimination is unlawful, and all persons involved in the operations of the company are prohibited from engaging in this type of conduct.



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