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The Aerospace Corporation is seeking a highly skilled Senior Laser Communications Engineer to join our team. As a key member of our Optical Communications Department, you will be responsible for conducting specialized satellite laser communications studies and providing technical advice to management, customers, and associate contractors.
Key Responsibilities- Conducting in-depth lasercom studies and reporting findings to internal and external stakeholders.
- Providing technical expertise to support the development of lasercom subsystems and systems.
- Developing advanced analytical techniques and design criteria for lasercom systems.
- Collaborating with cross-functional teams to ensure the successful implementation of lasercom systems.
- Participating in lasercom system validation and verification activities, including modeling and simulation, and testing.
- Bachelor's degree in Electrical Engineering, Physics, Optical Sciences, or a related technical field.
- 5 or more years of experience in roles of increasing responsibility in engineering/scientific areas related to optical communications, satellites, and/or space systems engineering.
- Experience planning and conducting technical work that requires judgment and independent evaluation.
- Laser transmitters and technologies experience.
- Work with optical detectors and technologies.
- Demonstrated ability to support lasercom trade studies.
- Familiarity with communications link and pointing error budgets.
- Proven ability to manage or support photonic or optical testing activities that characterize system, subsystem, unit, and component performance.
- Master's or PhD degree in Electrical Engineering, Physics, Optical Sciences, or a related technical field.
- Systems engineering applied to satellite communications or optical systems.
- Development of laser or electro-optical pointing, acquisition, and tracking requirements.
- Proficient in developing laser system end-to-end requirements and designs inclusive of transmitter, optical elements, and receiver.
- Skilled with optical communication system requirements definition, validation, and verification related to modulation and coding.
- Strong capabilities in trade studies related to optical communications receiver designs.
- Experience with optical communications and space hardware testing, including development of testbeds, ground support test equipment, test programs, and management of test program execution for lasercom, component, units, subsystems, or systems.
- Adept in developing or managing development of specialized software tools in programming languages such as Matlab, Python, C++, or other used in lasercom-related activities.
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