Optomechanical Systems Engineer

3 weeks ago


Boulder, Colorado, United States SWRI Full time
Job Summary

We are seeking a highly skilled Optomechanical Systems Engineer to join our team at SWRI. As a key member of our research and development team, you will be responsible for designing, building, and optimizing novel spacecraft instrumentation for scientific missions to the moon and beyond.

Key Responsibilities
  • Design and Development: Contribute to the design, development, and hands-on fabrication, assembly, integration, and test of instrumentation systems from concept to flight instrument delivery.
  • Research and Development: Participate in cutting-edge research involving pulsed lasers, mass spectrometry, and high-speed data acquisition systems.
  • Collaboration: Work with scientific personnel to design, build, and test laser-based instrumentation capable of in-situ isotopic geochronology.
  • Hands-on Work: Perform hands-on work with Class IIIb/Class IV pulsed and CW lasers, ultra-high vacuum systems, pressurized gases, cryogens, and high-voltage systems.
  • Problem-Solving: Formulate and implement approaches to solving a wide array of experimental flight hardware problems, focused on the design, assembly, and control of mechanical and electrical systems for data collection.
  • Interfacing: Collaborate with external vendors to procure instrumentation hardware, system sub-components, and laboratory test equipment.
  • Data Collection: Collect experimental data in an optical laboratory environment, develop LabView data acquisition and control systems, and create CAD models of new hardware assemblies.
Requirements
  • Education: Bachelor's, Master's, or PhD in Aerospace Engineering, Systems Engineering, Electrical Engineering, Computer Engineering, Optical Engineering, Engineering Physics, Applied Physics, or a related engineering field.
  • Experience: 1 year of experience with optomechanics, lasers, and high-vacuum systems for those with a PhD, or 1-3 years of experience for those with a BS or MS.
  • Skills: Demonstrated experience in building experimental systems, scientific instruments, or engineering test beds.
  • License: Valid/clear driver's license required.


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